Overview

• TIFF named Homebound second runner-up for the International People’s Choice Award, with Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice winning and Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value first runner-up.
• Dharma Productions released the official trailer on September 17, introducing a story of two friends confronting caste and communal barriers, led by Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa and Janhvi Kapoor.
• The film premiered in Un Certain Regard at Cannes with a nine-minute standing ovation and later won Best Film and Best Director at the International Film Festival of Melbourne.
• Homebound received a standing ovation at its North American premiere at TIFF and will open in theaters worldwide on September 26 following a fresh poster and trailer push.
• Neeraj Ghaywan directs the Karan Johar–backed feature with Martin Scorsese as executive producer, adapted from Basharat Peer’s 2020 New York Times essay.