Overview

• The film follows two childhood friends from northern India whose shared ambition to join the police force begins to strain their relationship.
• Homebound premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section, earning a nine-minute standing ovation.
• After its Cannes debut, the drama was selected for the Toronto International Film Festival.
• Producers Karan Johar, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta and Somen Mishra backed the project, with Martin Scorsese as executive producer.
• Adapted from Basharat Peer’s New York Times essay on the 2020 COVID migrant crisis, the film continues Ghaywan’s exploration of social inequities.