Neeraj Ghaywan’s “Homebound”, the much-acclaimed drama about two rural friends and their aspirations, has been shortedlisted in the best international feature category at the Oscars alongside 14 other films.
Producer Karan Johar said he was over the moon with the journey that “Homebound”, which first premiered in the Un Certain Regard category at Cannes in May, has had.
“Homebound” will vie for an Oscar nomination alongside Argentina’s âBelĂ©nâ, Brazil’s âThe Secret Agentâ, French drama “It Was Just an Accidentâ, Germany’s “Sound of Fallingâ and Iraq’s “The President’s Cake”.
The other movies in the shortlist include Japan’s âKokuhoâ, Jordan’s âAll Thatâs Left of Youâ, Norway’s âSentimental Valueâ, Palestine’s âPalestine 36â,
South Korean hit âNo Other Choiceâ, Spain’s âSiratâ, “Late Shift” from Switzerland, âLeft-Handed Girlâfrom Taiwan and Tunisian drama âThe Voice of Hind Rajabâ.
Johar celebrated the news by sharing the screenshot of Oscar’s list that mentions “Homebound” in the international feature category.
“We made the shortlist!… Way to go team Homebound’!,” he captioned the screenshot and addressed Ghaywan as the “star” in his stories.
Sharing the same screenshot in a post, Johar said he was at a loss for words to articulate how “proud, elated and over the moon” he was.
“All of us @dharmamovies are privileged to have this proud and important film in our filmography… thank you @neeraj.ghaywan for making so many dreams of ours come true… from Cannes to being on the Oscar shortlist this has been such an overwhelming journey! Love to the entire cast and crew and teams of this special special film! Upwards and onwards….”