Overview
- Netflix began streaming Homebound on November 21, making it available to viewers in 190 countries.
- Directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, the film stars Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa and Janhvi Kapoor.
- India selected the film as its official entry for the 98th Academy Awards’ Best International Feature Film category, which signals submission for consideration rather than a nomination.
- The film premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section and later placed Second Runner-Up in TIFF’s International Audience Choice voting.
- Producers include Karan Johar, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta and Somen Mishra, with Martin Scorsese and Pravin Khairnar as executive producers, on a story grounded in friendship, duty and social pressures.