THE ARCHIES: Netflix Unveils First Look At Indian Archie Comics Musical Film Adaptation Starring Suhana Khan

During yesterday's TUDUM event, Netflix unveiled the first look teaser trailer for Zoya Akhtar's The Archies, her upcoming Archie Comics musical adaptation that boasts an impressive young cast.

By RohanPatel - Jun 18, 2023 09:06 AM EST

Filed Under: Netflix

During their annual TUDUM event yesterday, Netflix shared the first teaser trailer for Zoya Akhtar's The Archies, an upcoming Indian musical comedy-drama film based on characters from Archie Comics.

The young star cast, which consists entirely of newcomers, will feature Agastya Nanda as Archie Andrews, Suhana Khan as Veronica Lodge, Khushi Kapoor as Betty Cooper, Mihir Ahuja as Jughead Jones, Vedang Raina as Reggie Mantle, Aditi "Dot" Seigal as Ethel Muggs, and Yuvraj Menda as Dilton Doiley.

Following the release of the teaser, Suhana Khan's megastar father Shah Rukh Khan expressed his support for his daughter's feature film debut, commenting on Instagram, "For my generation I just remember how we used to try and get these comics especially the Digest versions on rent to read. Nostalgia….and I hope Big Moose is in the film also!!! Love and all the best to the whole cast."

No release date has been set, but it's slated for 2023, so we should expect the Hindi-language film to arrive on the streamer sometime before the end of the year, likely sometime in the Fall.

Zoya Akhtar is considered one of India's most critically and commercially successful directors, having helmed the dramas Luck By Chance, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, Dil Dhadakne Do, and Gully Boy - which was also India's official entry to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film in 2019 - so The Archies is unsurprisingly one of Netflix's most high-profile international releases of the year.

Watch the first teaser trailer below:

Boys and Girls, Friends and Family, we cordially invite you to the era of Rock & Roll, Skates & Shakes, and Love & Heartbreak.

Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies starring Aditi Dot., Agastya Nanda, Khushi Kapoor, Mihir Ahuja, Suhana Khan, Vedang Raina and Yuvraj Menda is coming soon, only on Netflix.

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35 Comments

HAILHYDRA - 6/18/2023, 9:34 AM

Imagine the amount of anger from the left if there was a cast this size of all white people.

Dotanuki - 6/18/2023, 9:36 AM

@HAILHYDRA - this is the first thing that you think of when you saw the article? Fox News has really rotted your brain. How sad.

DarthAlgar - 6/18/2023, 9:38 AM

@Dotanuki - All American news outlets are hot biased garbage not just FOX News. Don't act like the other outlets shit doesn't stink.

FireandBlood - 6/18/2023, 9:38 AM

@HAILHYDRA -

santoanderson - 6/18/2023, 9:43 AM

Is this going to be like Riverdale, where all these teen comic book characters from the 1950’s are like 30? And they’re traveling through time, running from serial killers and having orgies?

UncleHarm1 - 6/18/2023, 12:22 PM

@santoanderson - This is the version I want to see meet KISS. Hard rock vs Bollywood

Kadara - 6/18/2023, 12:29 PM

@santoanderson - Ooh I would watch that 😏

bobbo68 - 6/18/2023, 9:53 AM

The only complaint I have is that Jughead doesn’t have his signature hat

bobevanz - 6/18/2023, 9:58 AM

Archie was always a mid ass comic, so either this does crazy numbers in India, or it gets canceled after two season because it's Netflix, not because it's wOkE ffs

Thing94 - 6/18/2023, 10:18 AM

Ughhhh

SuperiorHeckler - 6/18/2023, 10:29 AM

SMH... I'm so confused. Shouldn't there be moral-outrage and a demand for *DIVERSITY* in this cast??? 🤨

EskimoJ - 6/18/2023, 10:48 AM

@SuperiorHeckler - Keep trying.

ObserverIO - 6/18/2023, 11:00 AM

@SuperiorHeckler - This is a perfect example of why race-changing and gender-swapping shouldn't be a big deal when it comes to acting.

In Elizabethan times, Shakesperean actors were all men because women weren't allowed to act. They worked with what they had. Othello was played by a white man in blackface because that's all they have.

If you're making a Bollywood production about the Archies or Superman, they're gonna be Indian.

If you're making an indie film, you work with what you have. Shouldn't be that big of deal. I recognise that representation is important, but it's shouldn't be enforced by law and productions needn't be greeted with negativity for not doing so. Like that time ScarJo played a trans woman, remember that? I'm sure they put out a call, but I don't know many big name trans women who are stars of ScarJo's caliber.

EskimoJ - 6/18/2023, 10:49 AM

Ahh... India, never change. 😏

DocSpock - 6/18/2023, 10:56 AM

How sh!tty can this possibly be?

marvel72 - 6/18/2023, 2:15 PM

@DocSpock -

DocSpock - 6/18/2023, 5:20 PM

@marvel72 -

Thanks! I needed a good gross out.

LOL!

KanchaCheena - 6/18/2023, 11:11 AM

KingPatel can you stop sucking SRK's dick for 5 min?

Kadara - 6/18/2023, 12:28 PM

I don't even know what this is but I'm certain I will be hearing 'Netflix has gone woke 'a lot.

AnthonyVonGeek - 6/18/2023, 12:28 PM

Never forget….

🤣👍

Lokiwasright - 6/18/2023, 1:40 PM

Like Thanos they invade.

Batmangina - 6/18/2023, 3:21 PM

I love the gang from RiverDelhi.

Where's the Gay One like in the comics?

dragon316 - 6/18/2023, 4:32 PM

So it is Archie’s I am thinking of they Look unrecognizable to comics and cartoon I like movies in that time period I give it chance as long they act like characters

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THE ARCHIES: Netflix Unveils First Look At Indian Archie Comics Musical Film Adaptation Starring Suhana Khan

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