Karan Johar Gets Emotional At Cannes; His Home Production ‘Homebound’ Gets Standing Ovation
The official Instagram feed of Karan Johar's Dharma Productions recently uploaded a video of the emotional drama's debut.
The cast of Homebound, led by Janhvi Kapoor, participated in Cannes 2025. For those who are unaware, the film Homebound made its debut in the 2025 Cannes Film Festival’s Un Certain Regard section on May 21, 2025. The official Instagram feed of Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions recently uploaded a video of the emotional drama’s debut. As Homebound, a feature film directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, received a standing ovation, Karan Johar broke down in tears.
A footage of the film Homebound receiving a standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival was just shared on Dharma Production’s official Instagram account. Among those in the video were Ishaan Khatter, Janhvi Kapoor, Karan Johar, and Neeraj Ghaywan. According to the description, Homebound debuted in the Un Certain Regard Award category at Cannes 2025 and received a standing ovation that lasted nine minutes. As his home production received all the praise and admiration, Karan Johar was observed looking quite emotional. He was seen crying as Homebound received the affection and embracing director Neeraj Ghaywan.
Karan Johar discussed Homebound’s inclusion at Cannes in an interview with Variety. “This platform is like the holy grail of world cinema,” he remarked. He also remembered attending Cannes with Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee, and Anurag Kashyap. For KJo, the prospect of his home production officially attending Cannes is nothing less than a cinematic dream.
Karan Johar said, “To me, it’s the holy grail of world cinema, literally the temple of world cinema. I was there in a film that was an anthology with ‘Bombay Talkies’ [2013]… with Anurag Kashyap, Dibakar Banerjee, and Zoya Akhtar, Now, many years later, properly with an officially selected film with the beautiful golden leaf settled on our poster with Mr. Scorsese being the executive producer… I feel like it’s living a cinematic dream.”
For those who are unfamiliar, the main actors in Homebound are Janhvi Kapoor as “Sudha Bharti,” Ishaan Khatter as “Mohammed Shoaib Ali,” and Vishal Jethwa as “Chandan Kumar.” The film tells the story of two young friends who want to become police officers in order to regain the respect and dignity they were denied. However, the desperation separates them as they get closer to realizing their aspirations, and they start to drift apart.
Adar Poonawalla, Apoorva Mehta, Somen Mishra, and Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions are the film’s producers. The film is executive produced by American director Martin Scorsese and Pravin Khairnar, with co-producers Melita Toscan du Plantier and Marijke deSouza.
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