Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 19 (ANI): 'Homebound' actors Ishaan Khatter, Janhvi Kapoor, and Vishal Jethwa are connected unreality 9 arsenic their movie was chosen arsenic India's authoritative introduction for the Oscars 2026.
Taking to their respective societal media handles, the actors appeared afloat of pridefulness and overwhelmed arsenic they celebrated the milestone. Ishaan Khatter, successful a agelong note, poured retired his bosom and offered peculiar shoutouts to the team.
"This is the movie I've been proudest of and adjacent if it wasn't my film, I would consciousness the aforesaid way. Some films are overmuch bigger than us.. @neeraj.ghaywan one emotion you truthful overmuch brother, you merit this and more. You've made the astir humane movie successful immoderate of the astir isolated of times and it's my honour to beryllium a vas for your vision. Only you could marque specified an Indian movie astatine its bosom with a cosmopolitan language. @karanjohar for enabling us, profoundly knowing and protecting this movie similar a father," Ishaan Khatter said connected Instagram.
Ishaan besides mentioned filmmaker Martin Scorsese, who served arsenic the enforcement shaper for 'Homebound' and added, "the top @martinscorsese_ whose midas interaction brought america home."
Further successful the post, the histrion hailed his co-stars Janhvi Kapoor and Vishal Jethwa, celebrating their travel connected the film.
Likewise, Janhvi Kapoor besides expressed her delight connected Instagram and wrote, "Every portion of this movie has been thing abbreviated of a dream. The journey, the people, what this communicative means, and however idiosyncratic it's been for everyone successful our team. At each step, I person been thankful I could witnesser this journey, which successful my caput was genuinely the reward successful itself. Everything since has been a solemnisation of each these radical that I emotion and respect truthful much, for their talent, their goodness and their courage."
Actor Vishal Jethwa reflected connected the historical infinitesimal and said, "This infinitesimal feels perfectly surreal, it's the benignant of quality each histrion dreams of proceeding 1 day. To cognize that Homebound is representing India connected the world's biggest cinematic signifier is beyond thing I imagined erstwhile I began my travel successful films," arsenic per a statement.
He besides opened up astir his acquisition of moving with manager Neeraj Ghaywan and co-actors Ishaan Khatter and Janhvi Kapoor.
"This designation isn't conscionable a milestone for maine personally, it's a testament to the full team's hard work, passion, and the powerfulness of Indian storytelling. I consciousness arrogant to beryllium a portion of a movie that carries a portion of our civilization and bosom to an planetary audience," helium stated.
Ghaywan's 'Homebound' revolves astir 2 puerility friends from a tiny North Indian colony who pursuit a constabulary occupation that promises them the dignity they've agelong been denied. But arsenic they inch person to their dream, mounting desperation threatens the enslaved that holds them together.
The movie is each acceptable to beryllium released successful Indian theatres connected September 26. (ANI)
