India, Sept. 20 -- Homebound has been chosen as India's official entry for the Oscars 2026. The film, which stars Ishaan Khatter, Janhvi Kapoor, and Vishal Jethwa, competed with several other films before it became the official entry. Neeraj Ghaywan directed Homebound.

The films that were in the race include Abhishek Bachchan's I Want to Talk, Anupam Kher's Tanvi The Great, Mithun Chakraborty's The Bengal Files, Allu Arjun's Pushpa 2 and Akshay Kumar's Kesari Chapter 2 as per a post shared by Outlook on Instagram. Other films that were part of the list are--Superboys of Malegaon, Sthal, Kannappa, Meta The Dazzling Girl and Sambar Bonda.

Homebound also beat Dashavatar, Vanvaas, Paani, Gandhi Tatha Chettu, Aata Thambaycha Naay, Sekhar Kam...