Award-winning director Zoya Akhtar speaks extensively about her filmmaking style and how she has adapted this in her Netflix feature, The Archies.
It is an official adaptation of the popular Archie comics from the US. Set in ’60s India in a fictional town called Riverdale, The Archies is a coming-of-age musical following the lives of the town’s favourite set of teenagers - Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Ethel and Dilton. The movie explores friendship, freedom, love, heartbreak and rebellion through the lens of the unique Anglo-Indian community.
Akhtar directs under her banner Tiger Baby India, co-founded by Reema Kagti. It marks the debuts of 7 newcomers including Agastya Nanda, Mihir Ahuja, Vedang Raina, Khushi Kapoor, Suhana Khan,, Aditi Saigal and Yuvraj Menda. Streaming on Netflix from 7th December 2023.
Akhtar is a critically acclaimed filmmaker from India. She made her directorial debut with the drama Luck by Chance (2009), and achieved her breakthrough with the ensemble buddy road comedy-drama Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara (2011), winning the Filmfare Award for Best Debut Director for the former, and the Filmfare Award for Best Director for the latter. She followed it up with co-writing the psychological crime thriller Talaash: The Answer Lies Within (2012) alongside Reema Kagti, and directing Sheila Ki Jawaani, a segment of the anthology film Bombay Talkies (2013).
Zoya then went on to direct the ensemble family comedy-drama Dil Dhadakne Do (2015), segments in the anthology films Lust Stories (2018) and Ghost Stories (2020), and the musical drama Gully Boy (2019), winning her second Filmfare Award for Best Director for the latter, thus becoming the only female director to have won the award twice. She ventured into the OTT space with the romantic comedy-drama series Made in Heaven (2019-present) and the crime thriller series Dahaad (2023-present).
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