Homebound, starring Janhvi Kapoor, Ishaan Khatter, and Vishal Jehtwa, lately made your entire nation proud. They acquired a 9-minute standing ovation from the viewers as they screened on the 78th Cannes Movie Pageant. It’s directed by Neeraj Ghaywan and backed by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions. Now, ‘pissed off’ KJo opened up about being slotted and admitted breaking limitations with Homebound.
In a latest dialog with Selection, Karan Johar criticized being labeled and with frustration he shared, “I don’t know why we get slotted.” He added that he has been producing anthologies like Ajeeb Daastaans and even Neeraj directed the Geeli Pucchi. The filmmaker additional opened up on shifting the bar of cinema with Kapoor & Sons and Kill that was screened at Toronto Worldwide Movie Pageant in 2023.
KJo additional shared that he consciously backs movies that, now and again, break boundaries and reshape Dharma’s id, not simply driving the mainstream wave, but additionally reaching for deeper, extra significant cinematic shores.
In the identical interview, Karan Johar additionally opened up on backing Homebound and the rationale behind it. He shared, “There are solely two issues I can say. One is Neeraj. The opposite is Ghaywan. I used to be like, he at all times had me at whats up.”
Earlier, The Royals actor Ishaan Khatter took to Instagram to share his pleasure about reuniting with Karan Johar and Dharma Productions after seven years for Homebound. Reflecting on the challenge, he described it as a deeply private and difficult expertise, one which he felt was particular from the very starting.
He additionally celebrated the movie’s journey to Cannes, Ishaan known as it a dream come true, formed by intention, grit, compassion, and reality. He additionally acknowledged director Neeraj Ghaywan as a uncommon expertise with each imaginative and prescient and empathy, crediting him for main one of many proudest chapters of his cinematic journey.
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