DANCING TO HIS OWN BEATS

MIHIR AHUJA, who played Jughead in the recently released The Archies, is also a beatboxer of note. TANISHA BHATTACHARYA chats with the exuberant youngster

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Mihir Ahuja has been hailed for his performance recently in essaying the role of Jughead Jones in The Archies, which was directed by Zoya Akhtar. There is a misconception that he made his debut in a Hollywood flick called Cheaters, but he sets the record straight right away: "I did a Telugu film called Mosagallu (2019), with Kajal Aggarwal, that was also released in Hollywood. And the translation of it is "Cheaters" in English. This has led to the confusion."

Zoya Akhtar discovered him as her Jughead on the sets of Made In Heaven Season 2. He played Bulbul Jauhari's (Mona Singh) son Dhruv Jauhari in the series and impressed the critics with his range. Mihir speaks about the time when The Archies came to him. “One day, Zoya took over some episodes. And that’s when she met me. She found me impressive enough and told me that she was doing the film. The Archies and wanted me to audition for it. Later on, when we were shooting and she was telling how she cast every character, she told me that the day I saw you in Made