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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.
Both young men also harbor a sense of yearning: Shoaib wants to stay close to home, near the sights, fragrances, and people he knows, while Chandan begins attending college as he waits, if only for the sake of his crush, the similarly lower caste but slightly more well-to-do Sudha (Jhanvi Kapoor). Ghaywan and cinematographer Pratik Shah’s roving camera captures the boys’ surroundings with a poetic soft focus, enhancing their idealistic discussions about their birthrights as Indians, and the constitutional privileges they’re casually denied. What’s valuable about the pair’s camaraderie is that it’s a gentle note played against the harsh orchestral assault of India’s fractured political milieu, which trickles down through every social fabric, until navigating daily life and simple conversations means swallowing indignities.
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