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Ishaan Khatter on Cannes debut with Homebound: ‘It was my dream to...'
Updated On: 16 May, 2025 04:05 PM IST | Mumbai | Mohar Basu
Ishaan Khatter says Homebound’s première at Cannes will help him realise his long-time dream of going to the prestigious gala with a movie and not for a red carpet appearance
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Everywhere you go this week, the one man people are discussing is Ishaan Khatter. Some are talking about his washboard abs and the many shirtless sequences in The Royals, others about how droolworthy he is as a romantic hero. Amid all the love pouring in, the actor’s takeaway is simple — “Trust your instincts”. He tells us that he went into the Netflix series, knowing that it would be entertaining. “When reading the script, I went from one episode to the next quickly. Also, it let me explore different facets of myself as a performer — whether it’s the romance, the comedy, or the drama that I tried to bring more of. It gave me all these opportunities in one role, which is rare,” he assesses.
While his chiselled abs became a talking point, Khatter says the emotionality of Aviraaj’s character was beautiful to him. “When people say that, oh, it`s one page, it`s one minute of screen time. But what if that one line is Rome Burns, that`s literally the biggest sequence of your film. The scene where he is going through his father’s stuff, it was not much to look at on the page. But when we shot it, I think we brought that out. My director allowed me to take the lead. There is a deep wound to his relationship with his father because there`re so many answers that he never got. And he`s still battling it and the inner child in him is still dealing with that. And for me, it was quite simple. Why does he escape? Why he is an escapist is because he`s actually deeply emotionally connected and sensitive about his father. And that`s why he ran away. And when he ran away, he actually didn`t get to be with him in his last moment. So, he has no closure. And the guilt stayed with him. Through the series, you see him get that closure but then also get the shock of his life, obviously. It was essential for you to understand this guy and not just think he`s an asshole.”
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