Zoya Akhtar’s much-anticipated movie, The Archies, was released on Netflix on December 7, 2023. It starred Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter, Suhana Khan, Amitabh Bachchan’s grandson, Agastya Nanda, late Sridevi’s daughter, Khushi Kapoor, and a few others. Although Agastya played the lead character in the film, his co-star, Vedang Raina, received immense love for his performance. Moreover, we have seen eminent actor, Aly Khan playing the role of Suhana’s onscreen character, ‘Veronica’s’ father. Now, we stumbled upon an old interview of Aly, wherein he can be seen talking about the debutant cast of the film and their performance.
Aly Khan calls The Archies a ‘launch project’
Recently, a Reddit user shared a video from one of Aly Khan’s interviews. In the video, Aly was heard talking about being part of the then-ongoing project, The Archies, and how he felt while working with the star kids. He was heard revealing the names of the cast, including Agastya Nanda, Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor and many more. Afterwards, Aly also shared how the film’s director, Zoya Akhtar did a one-year workshop with the kids before finally starting the shoot. Aly Khn said:
“Jo main project karke aa raha hu, wo ek launch project hai, star ke bachcho ko lekar. Usmein Amitabh Bachchan ke jo grandson hai Shweta ke bete wo lead hai, usmein Shah Rukh ki beti lead hai, usmein Sridevi ki beti hai. Star kids hai sarein. Zoya ne inko ek saal workshop karaya hai camera ke samne laane se pehele, samaj rahe hai nah aap, ek saal.”