India, Sept. 27 -- Homebound box office collection day 1: India's Oscar entry film, directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, opened at much less than half a crore at the domestic box office. The film starred Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, and Janhvi Kapoor in lead roles. Homebound has been selected as the official Oscar entry from India in the Best International Feature category.

As per Sacnilk.com, Homebound earned Rs.30 lakh nett in India as per early estimates. This is much less than Ishaan's film Dhadak, which earned Rs.8.71 crore on day one, and Phone Bhoot, which collected Rs.2.05 crore as per Sacnilk.com. Vishal's Salaam Venky had opened at Rs.45 lakh on day one of its release.

The Hindustan Times review of the film read, "Vishal Jethwa and I...