Neeraj Ghaywan's 'Homebound' receives nine-minute standing ovation at Cannes 2025

Neeraj Ghaywan's 'Homebound' receives nine-minute standing ovation at Cannes 2025

Neeraj Ghaywan's 'Homebound' receives nine-minute standing ovation at Cannes 2025

NEW DELHI: (May 21) Filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan's second feature film "Homebound" on Wednesday earned a nine-minute standing ovation at the 78th Cannes Film Festival where the movie was screened in the Un Certain Regard segment.

Ghaywan's directorial debut "Masaan" also premiered in the same category at Cannes in 2015.

The premiere of "Homebound" at the Debussy Theatre was attended by Ghaywan as well as the star cast -- Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa and Janhvi Kapoor. They were joined by producer Karan Johar as well as Apoorva Mehta and Somen Mishra, his colleagues from Dharma.