Neeraj Ghaywan’s “Homebound”, the much-acclaimed drama about two rural friends and their aspirations, has been shortedlisted in the best international feature category at the Oscars alongside 14 other films.

Producer Karan Johar said he was over the moon with the journey that “Homebound”, which first premiered in the Un Certain Regard category at Cannes in May, has had.

“Homebound” will vie for an Oscar nomination alongside Argentina’s “Belén”, Brazil’s “The Secret Agent”, French drama “It Was Just an Accident”, Germany’s “Sound of Falling” and Iraq’s “The President’s Cake”.

The other movies in the shortlist include Japan’s “Kokuho”, Jordan’s “All That’s Left of You”, Norway’s “Sentimental Value”, Palestine’s “Palestine 36”,

South Korean hit “No Other Choice”, Spain’s “Sirat”, “Late Shift” from Switzerland, “Left-Handed Girl”from Taiwan and Tunisian drama “The Voice of Hind Rajab”.

Johar celebrated the news by sharing the screenshot of Oscar’s list that mentions “Homebound” in the international feature category.

“We made the shortlist!… Way to go team Homebound’!,” he captioned the screenshot and addressed Ghaywan as the “star” in his stories.

Sharing the same screenshot in a post, Johar said he was at a loss for words to articulate how “proud, elated and over the moon” he was.

“All of us @dharmamovies are privileged to have this proud and important film in our filmography… thank you @neeraj.ghaywan for making so many dreams of ours come true… from Cannes to being on the Oscar shortlist this has been such an overwhelming journey! Love to the entire cast and crew and teams of this special special film! Upwards and onwards….”