Mumbai, Sept. 20 -- Film: Homebound

Cast: Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, Janhvi Kapoor, Shalini Vatsa

Direction: Neeraj Ghaywan

Rating: 4 Moons

Storyline

'Homebound', inspired by the 'New York Times' essay 'Taking Amrit Home' (now retitled 'A Friendship, A Pandemic and a Death Beside the Highway') by Kashmiri journalist Basharat Peer, is the heartrending story of two young migrant workers in Surat who were caught in the COVID-19 lockdown.

They are friends. Mohammad Shoaib (Ishaan Khatter) and Chandan Kumar (Vishal Jethwa), who dream of passing the police recruitment entrance exam and wearing khaki. But society repeatedly gets in their way. Shoaib is hindered by his religious identity; Chandan by his backward caste. Their struggle fo...