Amy Nicholson of The New York Times wrote that "this inessential Bollywood-tinged fantasia is two and a half hours of soda shops, chaste dates, candy-colored petticoats, and athletic musical numbers."Read at source
The Archies 2023 
Synopsis
The Archies
The Archies is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language teen musical film directed by Zoya Akhtar, who co-produced it with Reema Kagti under Tiger Baby Films, and Sharad Devarajan under Graphic India. The film is a live-action adaptation of "The Archies," a fictional rock band who appeared in the 1960's animated cartoon, The Archie Show (with characters drawn from Archie Comics). The film stars Agastya Nanda, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan, Vedang Raina, Mihir Ahuja, Aditi Saigal, and Yuvraj Menda.
- Director
- Zoya Akhtar
- Release
- 7 Dec 2023
- Studio
- Archie Comics, Tiger Baby Films, Netflix
- Run time
- 144 min
- Language
- Hindi, English
Reviews
3 Indian-media reviews, grouped by reception.
Critics' consensus
Generally Positive
Critics' aggregate for The Archies is 70/100 from Bollywood Hungama and Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic.
Synthesized by AI (gpt-5-codex-omdb-enricher) from 6 source-backed reviews — verify against the linked sources.Common praise
- music
Positive 3
A critic from Bollywood Hungama awarded the film 4/5 stars and wrote, "The Archies is a fine entertainer that will get a whopping viewership on Netflix due to the fascinating setting, kids-friendly and family-friendly theme, style, music, message and above all, the excitement of watching the debut of the most talked about star kids in recent times."Read at source
Udita Jhunjhunwala of Scroll.in termed it a "good-looking nostalgia piece," but dismissed the dialogues as occasionally "banal"; she considered the "real stars" to be the "production design, costumes, cinematography, art direction, choreography and locations."Read at source
Media & trailers
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Details
Soundtrack
- Sunoh Tejas, Shivam Mahadevan, Aditi "Dot" Saigal
- Va Va Voom Tejas, Chelsea Das, Kiara Alemao, Zoe Siddharth, Aryaman Singh, Brendan Alphonso, Urgen Yolmo, Shaurya Singh, Simran Duggal, Kenishaa Francis, Shane D'Souza
- In Raahon Mein Arijit Singh
- Dhishoom Dhishoom Aditi "Dot" Saigal, Kelly Dlima
- Plum Pudding Ankur Tewari, Shibani Akhtar, Zoya Akhtar
- Asymmetrical Aditi "Dot" Saigal, Tejas
- Jab Tum Na Theen Suhana Khan, Aditi "Dot" Saigal, Tejas
- Chhoona Aasmaan Ankur Tewari
- Everything Is Politics Arish B, Aditi "Dot" Saigal, Tejas, Shivam Mahadevan, Vedang Raina
- Yeh Saari Aawazein Tejas
- Lonely July Ankur Tewari, The Islanders
- Dear Diary Aditi "Dot" Saigal
- Dear Diary Aditi "Dot" Saigal
- Dear Diary Aditi "Dot" Saigal
- Dear Diary Aditi "Dot" Saigal
- Sunoh Aditi "Dot" Saigal, Shillong Chamber Choir
Technical specs
- Release date
- 7 Dec 2023
- Run time
- 144 min
- Language
- Hindi, English
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Zoya Akhtar
- Studio
- Archie Comics, Tiger Baby Films, Netflix
- Budget
- est. ₹ 400 million
- Distributor
- Netflix
- Certificate
- TV-14
Trivia
- Yuvraj Menda was cast after director Zoya Akhtar found him on Instagram.
Tags
Hindi Cinema2023Hindi FilmReleasedHindi
