For those of us who survived Covid-19, the epidemic is today only a bad memory. For millions who suffered indignities first-hand, the grave tragedy has been buried in numbers and figures. What those screaming headlines could not touch within our hearts, today reaches us as ‘Homebound’ leaps on to the big screen.

In the hands of an acclaimed director, ‘Masaan’ fame Neeraj Ghaywan, those harrowing times acquire face, body and soul. Based on a New York Times essay by Basharat Peer, who is also one of the co-writers of the film, it’s a throbbing and heartrending account of two young boys, as much a microcosm as a whole.

Before the title ‘Homebound’ assumes meaning, the makers, Dharma Productions, and executive producer Martin Scorsese take us into the lives of Mohammed Shoaib Ali (Ishaan Kha

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