Special Screenings · 46th Edition
Homebound
HOMEBOUND
Director
Neeraj Ghaywan
Country
India
Runtime
1 h 58 min
Language
Hindi
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Two childhood friends from a small North Indian village chase a police job that promises them the dignity they’ve long been denied. But as they inch closer to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the bond that holds them together.
Cast
Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor
Screenplay
Neeraj Ghaywan, Varun Grover, Shreedhar Dubey
Producers
Karan Johar, Apoorva Mehta, Adar Poonawalla, Somen Mishra, Marijke deSouza, Mélita Toscan du Plantier
About the Director
He was born in Hyderabad, India. He is a writer and director whose works include the shorts Shor (Noise) (2011), The Epiphany (2013), and Juice (2017); the TV series Sacred Games (2018–19) and Made in Heaven (2023); and the features Shorts (2013) and Masaan (2015). Homebound (2025) is his latest film.
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