KJo's Dharma Production Reacts As 'Homebound' Cinematographer Gets Accused Of Abuse, Misconduct

Neeraj Ghaywan's movie and Karan Johar's home production, Homebound made history as it received a 9-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. The strong plot of the movie with the core of friendship won millions of hearts, and it made its way to Cannes. The entire team of Homebound reached the French Riviera to attend the premiere of the movie, which was presented at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2025 Cannes. Well, after making it to the prestigious film festival, the movie, Homebound made it to the headlines for all the wrong reasons. 

Dharma Production issues statement as Homebound cinematographer, Pratik Shah gets accused of s**ual misconduct

Recently, Karan Johar's Dharma Production issued a statement, as reports claimed that Homebound cinematographer Pratik Shah, who is known for his work in movies like Jubeliee and CTRL, was accused of s**ual misconduct. As per the statement from Dharma Production, they have a zero-tolerance policy for any kind of inappropriate behaviour on the sets, along with s**ual harassment, to those who work with them, and they deal with such cases in a serious note. The statement from Dharma Production can be read as:

"At Dharma Productions, we have a zero tolerance policy against inappropriate behavior and sexual harassment towards any individual working with us in any capacity, and we treat sexual harassment cases very seriously.”

In the same statement, Dharma Production revealed that Pratik Shah was working as a freelancer in Homebound, and he worked with the team for a limited period of time. As per Dharma Production, Pratik's engagement with the team was completed, and during his tenure, their internal committee or POSH didn't get any complaints from the team members against the cinematographer. The statement reads:

"Mr. Pratik Shah was a freelancer on the project Homebound and was working on it for a limited period. His engagement with us has been completed. During this limited period, our internal committee for POSH didn’t receive any complaints against him from any cast or crew on our film Homebound.”

Allegations on Pratik Shah

For the unversed, it all began as independent filmmaker, Abhinav Singh took to his IG handle and shared a story, without initially naming Pratik. He asked his female friends to be cautious around a 'certain cinematographer' and called him 'manipulative' and 'emotionally abusive'. Abhinav also slammed those who continued to hire this cinematographer. He shared how multiple women reached out to him was frightening, and at the end, he revealed the name of Pratik, stating that he wouldn't be silenced any further. Pratik was also called 'predator' by Abhinav. On the other hand, filmmaker-writer, Srishti Riya Jain made some serious accusations on Pratik.

Karan Johar teared up as soon as Homebound got a standing ovation at Cannes

For the unversed, Karan Johar's home production, Homebound got a standing ovation at Cannes 2025, and the entire team was present to celebrate the same. In the videos that went viral, Karan was seen tearing up as he hugged Neeraj Ghaywan after his home production, which got a 9-minute-long standing ovation there.

The movie featured Janhvi Kapoor, Ishaan Khatter and Vishal Jethwa in the lead roles. The movie showed how two friends wanted to get jobs as constables, thinking that it would bring them the respect that they never got, but while achieving the same, their relationship became strained.

What do you think about Dharma's statement on Pratik Shah?

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