Zoya Akhtar’s filmography adds another nuanced Film, the Archies. The film’s lead includes 3 debutant faces, Shah Rukh Khan’s Daughter (Suhana Khan), Amitabh Bachchan’s Grandson (Agastya Nanda), and Boney Kapoor’s Daughter (Khushi Kapoor).

Release Date

The film is going to be released on 7th December only on Netflix. The plot line of the film is based on the famous comic book ‘Archie Comic’.

Archies’ trailer and the explored themes

The trailer starts with an existential question? What have we achieved in our 25 years of existence? Now Twitter is trending with something that’s not new to the Bollywood kids. This article will focus on the treatment of the trailer in regard to important topics like the environment and colonialism.

Let’s go back to the start of the agricultural era. Before that humans didn’t settle in one place, because they were hunting for food all the time. With the advent of agricultural land, people started to settle down. A few years down the line, when greed started to kick in. Individuals started the call themselves landowners. War was fought for land. The side that lost the war usually had to compensate on the basis of land.

Forests were cut down, first for agricultural purposes, then to build houses, and now to earn more revenue.

The premise is set at Riverdale. Veronica’s (Suhana) dad is a business tycoon. He has an ambition of converting picturesque Riverdale into a premier business Destination. But, it comes at the cost of cutting down a lot of trees. And one in specific that holds an emotional value to the community.

The trailer has already mounted 45 million views on YouTube. The topic in hand possesses a lot of intricacy about the environment and colonial rule.

SRK lauds daughter Suhana Khan

Shahrukh Khan took it to X (formerly Twitter), to laud his daughter. He wrote, “A contemporary subject with timeless characters #TheArchies… thrown into a world that is very fable like. Zoya has created such an innocent and pristine quality to the film….maybe just like our world could be with a more responsible outlook towards the environment. All the best to the entire team involved with this sweet and meaningful fun film!”