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Technicien du Film, No. 218, 15 septembre 1974. Alain Delon : vice-président d'Unifrance Film

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Télé-Ciné-Vidéo, No. 56, novembre 1985. Pascal Merigeau, Le combat des chefs : Belmondo / Delon

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Unifrance Film - Informations, No. 46, mars 1958. Alain Delon

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Unifrance Film, No. 5, 1981. Alain Delon (Entretien)

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Visions, No. 39, mai 1986. Delon en Lang

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Voir, No. 1, mars 1984. Delon-Belmondo : le coq et le scorpion

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External links

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Essays

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DELON Alain, son enfance à BOURG LA REINE : un enfant dans la ville – Fédération Nationale du Patrimoine Historique et Culturel Français

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Vincendeau, Ginette (1 April 2014). "The perils of trans-national stardom: Alain Delon in Hollywood cinema". Mise Au Point (6). doi:10.4000/map.1800. Retrieved 25 March 2025. Ginette Vincendeau: Professor in Film Studies at King's College London

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Alain Delon :AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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Alain Delon at IMDb

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Alain Delon discography at Discogs
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TITLE: Homebound_(2025_film)
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Homebound is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, co-authored by Ghaywan and Sumit Roy, and with American filmmaker Martin Scorsese as an Executive Producer. Produced by Dharma Productions, it is based on a New York Times article by Basharat Peer from 2020.

Homebound explores the experiences of two childhood friends portrayed by Ishaan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa after they attempt to pass the national police exam. It also features Janhvi Kapoor as Chandan's classmate.

The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May, where it reportedly received a nine–minute standing ovation following the screening. It was theatrically released in India on 26 September to critical acclaim.

In December 2025, it was one of 15 films shortlisted for the 98th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film award.

Plot

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Shoaib and Chandan are childhood friends from a small village in North India who dream of becoming police officers, hoping that the job will bring them the respect they never had. However, as they come closer to their goal, pressure and struggles create problems in their friendship. Sudha also inspires Chandan to pursue college studies.

Cast

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Production

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The film's original story was inspired by The New York Times 2020 essay Taking Amrit Home (now retitled A Friendship, a Pandemic and a Death Beside the Highway) by Kashmiri journalist Basharat Peer. It recounts the story of two young migrant workers in Surat, who were caught in the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020.

During the pandemic, the story caught the eye of director Neeraj Ghaywan, after it was recommended by producer Somen Mishra at Dharma Productions. This is Ghaywan's second feature after debuting with Masaan (2015) since 10 years, which received widespread acclaim. Subsequently, Dharma Productions bought the rights from The New York Times and script development started, wherein the backstories of both protagonists were fictionalised, while keeping the essence of the original. French producer Mélita Toscan du Plantier brought in Martin Scorsese on board as executive producer. Scorsese also helped Ghaywan in crafting the screenplay and later during the editing process, watching three different cuts of the film. The film was shot in 2024 mainly in and around Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh state.

Release

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Homebound premiered on 21 May 2025 at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in France. It closed Melbourne International Film Festival in August 2025.

The film was also selected at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival in Gala Presentation and was screened on 10 September 2025.

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) reportedly asked Homebound's director to make 11 modifications, thereby censoring 1 minute and 17 seconds of the film's footage. Certain words were muted and replaced at 6 places, including ‘gyan’. The makers were also asked to delete the dialogue ‘Aloo gobhi…khaate hai’. Further, a two-second visual of a man performing puja was censored. The Revising Committee also made changes in a dialogue in an important cricket match scene at 1 hour and 4 minutes, deleting 32 seconds from the sequence.

The series of cuts asked by the country's film certification board sparked debated around, what many called CBFC's 'arbitrary and whimsical' approach to how films are certified.

In an interview with Zoom, Ishaan shared his perspective on censorship in Indian cinema.

"Different films are often treated with different standards. Some receive leniency despite questionable content, while others—especially social films with a particular perspective—face more scrutiny, as artists and audiences, we’d appreciate an equal and open-minded approach where every story is treated fairly.”

The film was released in theatres on 26 September 2025.

Critial reception

=================

Homebound received universal critical acclaim from the critics, who praised Ghaywan’s direction, the writing and the dialogues, performances, the themes and the editing. The film’s handling of caste-narrative and social commentary also received praise.
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 30 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 85 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Namrata Joshi of Cinema Express gave 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "There is an authenticity to Homebound that goes beyond the writing and the language. It’s in the realness of the spaces.

Technicien du Film, No. 218, 15 septembre 1974. Alain Delon : vice-président d'Unifrance Film

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Télé-Ciné-Vidéo, No. 56, novembre 1985. Pascal Merigeau, Le combat des chefs : Belmondo / Delon

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Unifrance Film - Informations, No. 46, mars 1958. Alain Delon

-

Unifrance Film, No. 5, 1981. Alain Delon (Entretien)

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Visions, No. 39, mai 1986. Delon en Lang

-

Voir, No. 1, mars 1984. Delon-Belmondo : le coq et le scorpion

References

=================

External links

=================

Essays

-

DELON Alain, son enfance à BOURG LA REINE : un enfant dans la ville – Fédération Nationale du Patrimoine Historique et Culturel Français

-

Vincendeau, Ginette (1 April 2014). "The perils of trans-national stardom: Alain Delon in Hollywood cinema". Mise Au Point (6). doi:10.4000/map.1800. Retrieved 25 March 2025. Ginette Vincendeau: Professor in Film Studies at King's College London

Metadata

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Alain Delon :AFI Catalog of Feature Films

-

Alain Delon at IMDb

-

Alain Delon discography at Discogs

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TITLE: Homebound_(2025_film)

====================

Homebound is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, co-authored by Ghaywan and Sumit Roy, and with American filmmaker Martin Scorsese as an Executive Producer. Produced by Dharma Productions, it is based on a New York Times article by Basharat Peer from 2020.

Homebound explores the experiences of two childhood friends portrayed by Ishaan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa after they attempt to pass the national police exam. It also features Janhvi Kapoor as Chandan's classmate.

The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 21 May, where it reportedly received a nine–minute standing ovation following the screening. It was theatrically released in India on 26 September to critical acclaim.

In December 2025, it was one of 15 films shortlisted for the 98th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film award.

Plot

=================

Shoaib and Chandan are childhood friends from a small village in North India who dream of becoming police officers, hoping that the job will bring them the respect they never had. However, as they come closer to their goal, pressure and struggles create problems in their friendship. Sudha also inspires Chandan to pursue college studies.

Cast

=================

Production

=================

The film's original story was inspired by The New York Times 2020 essay Taking Amrit Home (now retitled A Friendship, a Pandemic and a Death Beside the Highway) by Kashmiri journalist Basharat Peer. It recounts the story of two young migrant workers in Surat, who were caught in the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020.

During the pandemic, the story caught the eye of director Neeraj Ghaywan, after it was recommended by producer Somen Mishra at Dharma Productions. This is Ghaywan's second feature after debuting with Masaan (2015) since 10 years, which received widespread acclaim. Subsequently, Dharma Productions bought the rights from The New York Times and script development started, wherein the backstories of both protagonists were fictionalised, while keeping the essence of the original. French producer Mélita Toscan du Plantier brought in Martin Scorsese on board as executive producer. Scorsese also helped Ghaywan in crafting the screenplay and later during the editing process, watching three different cuts of the film. The film was shot in 2024 mainly in and around Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh state.

Release

=================

Homebound premiered on 21 May 2025 at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in France. It closed Melbourne International Film Festival in August 2025.

The film was also selected at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival in Gala Presentation and was screened on 10 September 2025.

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) reportedly asked Homebound's director to make 11 modifications, thereby censoring 1 minute and 17 seconds of the film's footage. Certain words were muted and replaced at 6 places, including ‘gyan’. The makers were also asked to delete the dialogue ‘Aloo gobhi…khaate hai’. Further, a two-second visual of a man performing puja was censored. The Revising Committee also made changes in a dialogue in an important cricket match scene at 1 hour and 4 minutes, deleting 32 seconds from the sequence.

The series of cuts asked by the country's film certification board sparked debated around, what many called CBFC's 'arbitrary and whimsical' approach to how films are certified.

In an interview with Zoom, Ishaan shared his perspective on censorship in Indian cinema.

"Different films are often treated with different standards. Some receive leniency despite questionable content, while others—especially social films with a particular perspective—face more scrutiny, as artists and audiences, we’d appreciate an equal and open-minded approach where every story is treated fairly.”

The film was released in theatres on 26 September 2025.

Critial reception

=================

Homebound received universal critical acclaim from the critics, who praised Ghaywan’s direction, the writing and the dialogues, performances, the themes and the editing. The film’s handling of caste-narrative and social commentary also received praise.

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 30 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.8/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 85 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".

Namrata Joshi of Cinema Express gave 4 out of 5 stars and wrote "There is an authenticity to Homebound that goes beyond the writing and the language. It’s in the realness of the spaces.