Overview
- Dharma Productions and Karan Johar announced a worldwide cinema release on September 26, with a Netflix window to follow after the theatrical run.
- The film earned a standing ovation at its North American premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and placed second runner-up for TIFF’s International People’s Choice Award.
- Homebound premiered in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard with a reported nine-minute ovation and continued its festival run through the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne and TIFF.
- Martin Scorsese serves as executive producer and mentored Neeraj Ghaywan through development and editing, adding notable international cachet.
- Starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa and Janhvi Kapoor, the drama adapts Basharat Peer’s 2020 New York Times piece to explore friendship, dignity and caste realities as two friends pursue a police job.