Zoya Akthar's The Archies Get Mixed Reactions From Fans
After a long wait, The Archies has hit the Netflix platform. Helmed by Zoya Akthar, the movie was a musical ride into the era of 1964.
The Archies is the cinematic adaptation of the world famous The Archie comics. Directed by Zoya Akhtar, the film is a musical featuring Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor, Agastya Nanda, Vedang Raina, Yuvraj Menda, Mihir and Dot, a pack of star kids.
The movie got mixed reactions. While some liked the star cast, some didn’t. One of the X (formerly twitter) users wrote, the movie should have been Reggies and not Archies, as Vedang Raina was scoring high as Reggie.
Atlee, the director called the movie an “exceptionally remarkable musical film” and congratulated all the actors for their exceptional performance.
#thearchies was an exceptionally remarkable musical film directed by the highly skilled @zoieakhtar. The narrative was masterfully conveyed, with a seamless integration of artistic elements that can only be described as truly poetic.”The entire ensemble of actors delivered… pic.twitter.com/vgRr7sF9pJ
— atlee (@Atlee_dir) December 7, 2023
An account named Filmyverse said “Zoya Akthar direction butchers the original comic story” and complained that the “Nepo kids like Suhana Khan, Kushi Kapoor and Agastya Nanda etc can’t even speak Hindi properly or act”.
#TheArchies on Netflix is a disaster! Zoya Akhtar direction butchers the original comic story.Nepo kids like #SuhanaKhan,#KhushiKapoor, #AgastyaNanda etc can”t speak Hindi properly or act. Total time waste, avoid it! Few positives : side characters act better, set design is good pic.twitter.com/CK4ZYlhG8q
— Filmyverse (@itsfilmyverse) December 7, 2023
Another user said, “Suhana Khan has acted amazingly in this scene, above par and far beyond expectations.”
Not gonna lie, Suhana Khan has acted amazingly in this scene, above par and far beyond my expectations. She sounds like a rich brat in the movie, which is exactly what she was supposed to portray, and she literally killed it.#TheArchies #AgastyaNanda
— circuit⚡️ (@CircuitBoleTo) December 7, 2023
Another one thought Suhana Khan couldn’t make it. The user Ms. Khan was trying to be Poo (Kareena Kapoor) from Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham, but failed “miserably”.
Suhana is basically trying to be Poo from K3G but failing miserably and ending up as only poo #TheArchies pic.twitter.com/6tZJL5zwD0
— Eliza (@heartoffire97) December 8, 2023
Another user criticised Kushi Kapoor for lack of acting.
The only thing missing here is Acting.#TheArchies pic.twitter.com/DaBZJ3YDTI
— Himani Kanodia🇮🇳 (@himani_kanodia) December 7, 2023
One wrote a critical and appreciated the “good try” from Zoya Akthar. The user said she “expected much more from Zoya Akthar”.
#TheArchies
It’s a good try … but it’s nowhere good. 🙂
.. I expected much more from #ZoyaAkhtar 🙂
Overall it”s a pretty simple movie and definitely not bad. 🙃
I could be wrong but these actors are just raw ; they need lessons & training in acting ..!#TheArchiesOnNetflix pic.twitter.com/YUXrZZyKy6— Vaishnavi Khodke (@Vaishnavik_124) December 7, 2023
Another one opined that “at least the actors look the part” and compared the cast with Karan Johar’s Student of the Year, in which Siddharth Malhotra and Varun Dhawan was portrayed as 17 year olds. The post read, “never forget Karan Johar sold them as 17 year olds”.
sure #TheArchies might not be the best thing you”ve seen in a while, but atleast the actors look the part.
never forget karan johar sold them as 17 year olds pic.twitter.com/k4y9dMMDgP
— snig (@snigdhac19) December 7, 2023
