Zoya Akhtar has worked with a band of newcomers in her upcoming directorial, The Archies. The cast includes debutantes like Yuvraj Menda, Vedang Raina, Mihir Ahuja, Aditi Saigal, Janhvi Kapoor’s sister Khushi Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter Suhana Khan, and Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson Agastya Nanda. The Archies is based on the high school student characters from the iconic comic series set in Riverdale. 

The team was at the Netflix Tudum event held at Sao Paolo, Brazil, recently, where the first teaser of the film was released. Mid-day’s Mayank Shekhar spoke to Zoya exclusively at the event, where she was flanked by the young stars of the film.