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Plot summary
Riverdale is a fictional Anglo-Indian community in India. The year is 1964. Archie, Betty, Ronnie, Reggie, Jughead, Ethel, Dilton, Moose and Midge are the teenagers who live there. They are a band and spend their time on music, romance and friendship. The historic Green Park is slated for destruction because a hotel is proposed for its site. The group struggles to save the park.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Archies (2023)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Aditi "Dot" Saigal first met director Zoya Akhtar to talk about music work, but Akhtar asked her to audition, and Yuvraj Menda was cast after Akhtar found him on Instagram.
- The casting drew criticism over nepotism, because three of the principal cast members came from film families, and critics said the light-skinned leads felt inauthentic for the period. Director Zoya Akhtar rebutted both complaints, saying many Indians are light-skinned.
