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Homebound

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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.

Critics Reviews

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Siddhant Adlakha Variety The first time in ages that a mainstream Hindi-language production has felt vital Jul 8, 2025 Full Review Namrata Joshi The New Indian Express Homebound gives voice to the voiceless but more significantly implicates and indicts the powerful and the privileged for the status quo. It's a film powered by vital, essential urgency of the times, and for the times. Rated: 4/5 May 29, 2025 Full Review Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express ...though there’s not much subtlety with which the film communicates its message, it is a timely, trenchant testament to our times. May 28, 2025 Full Review Sucharita Tyagi Sucharita Tyagi (YouTube) For a non-Indian viewer unfamiliar with the outlawed yet widely practised caste system in India, Homebound might come across as a series of revelations about a country that's primarily only known in International cinema circles for song and dance. Jul 29, 2025 Full Review Alex Billington FirstShowing.net A cinematic tale about how anyone can succeed, anyone should be allowed to have dreams, and most importantly, everyone deserves a better life. Rated: 7.5/10 Jun 2, 2025 Full Review Zak Ahmed Next Best Picture “Homebound” is both especially relevant in its exploration of the marginalized communities suffering on the outskirts for the identities society deemed lesser and increasingly resonant for how it shows human endurance does continue to live and fight on Rated: 8/10 May 24, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Neeraj Ghaywan

Director

Ishaan Khatter

Mohammed Shoaib Ali

Vishal Jethwa

Chandan Kumar[

Janhvi Kapoor

Sudha Bharti

Reema Shaikh

Actor

Neeraj Ghaywan

Writer
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Movie Info

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.
Director
Neeraj Ghaywan
Producer
Karan Johar, Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta, Somen Mishra
Screenwriter
Neeraj Ghaywan, Neeraj Ghaywan
Production Co
Dharma Productions
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Hindi
Runtime
1h 59m