Warning: This post contains spoilers for Homebound .

Homebound , directed by Neeraj Ghaywan and out now on Netflix, is inspired by a 2020 New York Times essay by journalist Basharat Peer that captured a striking moment during India’s COVID lockdown . The article chronicled the lives of two childhood friends, Mohammad Saiyub and Amrit Kumar, whose journey home to the village of Devari became a viral story after a photograph captured one friend cradling the other, feverish and dehydrated, on the side of a highway.

Starring Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, and Janhvi Kapoor, Homebound follows Shoaib (Ishaan Khatter) and Chandan (Vishal Jethwa) as they attempt to secure a police job that promises dignity, only to be caught in the brutal socio-political reality of India during the 2020

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