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Karan Johar and Neeraj Ghaywan on Star Kids, Martin Scorsese and Their Cannes Selection ‘Homebound’: ‘Living a Cinematic Dream’
Producer Karan Johar and filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan reveal how Martin Scorsese shaped their Cannes selection 'Homebound' from script to screen.
“ Homebound,” Neeraj Ghaywan’s long-awaited sophomore feature, produced by Johar along with Somen Mishra, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta and co-produced by Mélita Toscan du Plantier, isn’t just heading to Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section — it’s smashing industry conventions about who gets to tell which stories and how far they can travel. In “Homebound,” desperate to break free from the weight of their marginalized identities, two childhood friends from a North Indian village – Shoaib Ali (Ishaan Khatter) and Chandan Kumar (Vishal Jethwa) – push against a world stacked against them. For Johar, whose Dharma Productions built its empire on glossy, star-studded blockbusters, “Homebound” represents the continuation of a less-recognized aspect of his company’s work – one that has included festival favorites and critically acclaimed titles that push boundaries.
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