Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound is a powerful, deeply moving film headlined by hot young Bollywood stars, Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa and Janhvi Kapoor. An ode to friendship, it also offers a sharp commentary on the discrimination against ‘low’ castes and minorities

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Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound is a powerful, deeply moving film headlined by hot young Bollywood stars, Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa and Janhvi Kapoor. An ode to friendship, it also offers sharp socio-political commentary on the horrific discrimination against “low” castes and minorities, rampant in the nation. The film, which was in the Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard, is Ghaywan’s second feature in the section, after Masaan premiered there in 2015, 10 years ago. Homebound is produced by Dharma Productions’ Karan Johar, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta and Somen Mishra. Amazingly, Martin Scorsese is Executive Producer (!) along with Pravin Khairnar, with co-producers Melita Toscan du Plantier and Marijke deSouza. 

Homebound is a Sholay 2.0 for the 2025 decade, 50 years after the original. While Homebound’s narrative is of a popular buddy film,........

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