Filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan’s Homebound, backed by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions, has made it to the shortlist for the 98th Academy Awards in the Best International Feature Film category. The makers are now hoping for a final nomination, and the team is pulling out all stops to lobby the film in the West. Karan Johar has shed light on how expensive campaigning for the Oscars can be, describing it as a “bottomless pit.”

Karan Johar on financing Oscar campaign for Homebound

In a chat with PeepingMoon and the Telly Talk podcast, Karan Johar spoke about Homebound making it to the Oscars shortlist. He revealed that his business partner, Adar Poonawalla, spared no expense while launching the Oscar campaign for the film, which stars Ishaan Khatter, Vishal Jethwa, and Janhvi Kapoor.