'The Archies' Trailer Criticised, And This Time It's Not About Nepotism

Zoya Akhtar announced her association with 'The Archies' in an Instagram post in 2021. It stars many popular Bollywood star kids.

Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar recently shared a poster as well as trailer of her upcoming Netflix movie 'The Archies' which stars many popular Bollywood star kids. The film features Suhana Khan, Khushi Kapoor and Agastya Nanda among others. While Bollywood has been facing severe criticism from the Indian public about nepotism, this new teaser has faced a different form of backlash online. #BoycottBollywoodRidiculous to see Indian people faking western culture from 1900s I mean common grow up showing how westernized you are won't change your skin tone to Caucasian you'll still remain brown lol .. stop this propaganda of spreading unnecessary western culture https://t.co/ZK3q4puQsz Nepotism debate aside, I'm more concerned that they tried to make a group of Indian kids look white https://t.co/mKvDOFudVu Just saw an ad of ‘The Archies' by Zoya Akhtar with a handful of star kids dressed as Europeans, how disconnected from your country do you need to be to make such films? bhay this looks like a Myntra autumn sale ad ???????????????? https://t.co/cyFPdrJjwI

Many users were quick to point out the influence "western culture" has on this trailer. One user wrote, “Ridiculous to see Indian people faking western culture from 1900s I mean common grow up showing how westernized you are won't change your skin tone to Caucasian you'll still remain brown lol .. stop this propaganda of spreading unnecessary western culture.”