The Archies


The Archies is a 2023 Bollywood movie written and directed by Zoya Akhtar, it is co written by Reema Kagti. The movie has casted star kids like Suhana Khan as Veronica Lodge, Agastya Nanda as Archie Andrews, Kushi Kapoor as Betty Cooper, Vedang Raina as Reggie Mantle and Mihir Ahuja as Jughead Jones in the lead.

This would approximately be the 4th or the 5th movie i had watched this week and this movie destroyed one of my most favourite comics of all time. However, we cannot undermine the effort put into this movie. 

It is made like the typical Hollywood Musical with a little bit of Bollywood touch to the backstory and to the flow of the story. The music has been sung by the cast itself and the backdrop and sets were really aesthetically pleasing and it felt the comics came to life with that but it was just the sets.

I cannot quite put my finger into it but there was something off with movie. Maybe it could be the actors who portrayed the characters, the cliche dumb friend who has the worst comedic timings or how the story went ahead.

It was very difficult for me to watch the whole two and a half hours of the movie and i wanted to just leave it there in the first 45 minutes itself.

The movie's basic premise is that how one should enjoy their teen days before the world goes into chaos. How one should enjoy their little time with friends before adulthood hits you in your guts. 

In one of my previous posts about Taalash I had talked highly about the duo of Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti but I am afraid that i cannot say the same thing about this movie like that. 

But overall, if you're bored and has nothing to watch, tune into The Archies but I am pretty sure that first 30 minutes might get you bored.

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