Critically acclaimed movie Homebound was released on Netflix on November 21, 2025. Made under Karan Johar's Dharma Production, Homebound was first screened at Cannes Film Festival and received massive praise from critics.
Directed by Masaan-fame Neeraj Ghaywan, Homebound revolves around two friends named Mohammed Shoaib Ali and Chandan Kumar who struggle hard to get government but things take a drastic turn after COVID lockdown was announced.
Since you have landed on this page, True Scoop assumes that you are digging deep into Homebound True Story or Homebound Real Story and where is Mohammed Shoaib Ali now? Continue reading below to know the answer-
Homebound is a true story inspired by a 2020 New York Times essay by an Indian journalist named Basharat Peer, titled Taking Amrit Home , later retitled A Friendship, a Pandemic and a Death Beside the Highway.
Ishan Khatter plays the character of Mohammed Shoaib Ali. Mohammed Shoaib Ali's character is inspired by real life Mohammad Sayub Siddiqui. The character of Chandan Kumar is played by actor Vishal Jethwa. Chandan Kumar is a fictional name based on real life Amrit Prasad.
Writer Basharat Peer came across a photograph on X of Mohammad Saiyub, and Amrit Kumar sitting on a patch of burned earth by the side of a highway in Madhya Pradesh.
Peer was quoted saying, "In the punishing May heat, Saiyub cradled Amrit, his friend, who had collapsed from heatstroke. They were trying to reach their village in Basti district of Uttar Pradesh, which was around 1500 kilometres from Surat in Gujarat, where they worked in textile factories.”
It happened during the COVID lockdown period.
As per Indian Express report published in 2023, Mohammad Saiyub Siddiqui started living and working in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as a labourer on house construction sites. True Scoop cannot confirm that whether he is still living in Dubai or not.
