Homebound

About this episode

The episode discusses the film 'Homebound', exploring themes of friendship and love during the COVID pandemic.

Friends, it's hard to come up with anything clever or quippy to say about this one. Homebound is an honest, heartfelt depiction of friendship and love in the face of adversity and oppression. It leverages a nearly universal experience-- the COVID pandemic and lockdown-- as an opportunity to insist that its audience grapple with its privilege, the systems that tear down marginalized communities, and question traditional markers of success and prosperity. And based on comments from its producer, we'll be lucky if we ever get a movie like it out of Hindi cinema again. Homebound was written and directed by Neeraj Ghaywan and stars Ishaan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa. Like what you're hearing? Remember to follow us on Instagram @2whitegirlstalkbollywood. Can't get enough Bollywood? Check out our Bollywood Bangers playlists on YouTube and Spotify. Each week, we pick our favorite songs from our movie, and add them to the playlists. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6JKuMVSYAXCW4Y3adhOrYT?si=257e5ec5ac294c7 YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0wAgkoGduQhoDYGzBFEtb07_MjBidM2t

People in this episode

Hosts: Kim Hughes, Katie Babione

Topics covered

• friendship
• love
• adversity
• COVID pandemic
• privilege
• Hindi cinema

Keywords

• Homebound
• Neeraj Ghaywan
• Ishaan Khatter
• Vishal Jethwa
• COVID
• friendship
• Hindi cinema

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