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Zoya Akhtar responds to The Archies trolling! Fri June 23rd, 2023

One of the most eagerly anticipated films of the year is The Archies, which will be directed by Zoya Akhtar. Suhana Khan, the daughter of Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan, makes her acting debut. Not only that, but The Archies marks the acting debuts of Khushi Kapoor and Agastya Nanda as well. A trailer for the movie was just debuted in Sao Paulo, Brazil, during the Netflix Tudum 2023 event. The Archies crew recently travelled to Brazil for the international fan gathering. They were accompanied by Zoya Akhtar.

When The Archies' first trailer released last year, some Netizens complained that the characters didn't appear Indian. The Archies takes place in the 1960s, and once the teaser was made public, several Internet users complained that neither the setting nor the characters appeared to be Indian.

Zoya Akhtar was questioned about social media trolling, particularly a tweet that depicted The Archies cast members as "white people," in an interview with a daily at Tudum. In response, Zoya told, “Why do you think that? They're all Indian. This is kind of reverse (racism). Are you saying fair Indians are not Indians? How do we define what an Indian looks like? It could be Hrithik Roshan, it could be Mr. Rajinikanth, it could be Diljit Dosanjh, it could be Mary Kom. That's the beauty of India. There are a lot of Indians that are light-skinned.”

When talking about trolling, Zoya also said that she feels every film gets trolled. “I don’t know if [the trolling] is about my films. It’s about all films now. Everyone gets trolled!”

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