Writer-director Zoya Akhtar’s oeuvre includes a tale about strugglers in Bollywood (); follows the journey of an aspiring rapper from the Mumbai slums (); a dysfunctional Punjabi family aboard a cruise ship () and three friends on a road trip in Spain (). Her latest, , though is not just her first period flick but also recreates the youngest, most idyllic world. Based on the popular American comic book series, , which drops on Netflix on December 7, is set in 1960s India where Riverdale is a hill station that’s home to the Anglo-Indian community. It celebrates the innocence of youth as well as its resilience and more significantly friendship. And it does so with songs, which build a mood and express a character’s
