Cannes 2025: How Scorsese Helped Push Indian Drama ‘Homebound’ over the Line

Cannes 2025: How Scorsese helped push Indian drama ‘Homebound’ over the line

Neeraj Ghaywan’s first film in a decade, about two friends striving to escape their marginalised roots in rural India, has packed an emotional punch at the Cannes Film Festival. He talks to FRANCE 24 about the personal significance of “Homebound” and Martin Scorsese’s decisive help in bringing the long-gestating project to completion.

Homebound: Scorsese backed Indian film that got a nine-minute ovation at Cannes

The film, shot in India's rural North, follows two men from the Muslim and Dalit communities who form a bond.

Neeraj Ghaywan Talks His Cannes Premiere ‘Homebound’ and the Notes He Got from Executive Producer Martin Scorsese

Cannes: Based on a true story, Ghaywan’s film about the friendship between a Dalit man and a Muslim man is produced by Karan Johar’s legendary Bollywood outfit Dharma Productions.

‘Homebound’ director Neeraj Ghaywan: ‘What if we practise empathy and listen to the other side?’

Ghaywan’s second feature after ‘Masaan’, starring Ishaan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa, was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.

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‘Homebound’ Review: A Moving Friendship Drama Set Against a Politically Fractured India

'Homebound,' Neeraj Ghaywan’s first feature in a decade, is tear-jerking and infuriating.