Neeraj Ghaywan opens up about receiving feedback from Martin Scorsese on Homebound screenplay, ‘It still hasn’t sunk in’ | Bollywood News
At this year’s Cannes Film Festival, filmmaker Neeraj Ghaywan is experiencing what many directors only dream of. His film Homebound not only premiered in the prestigious Un Certain Regard section, but also came with creative input from legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese. In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter India, Ghaywan opened up about the surreal experience of receiving detailed notes on his screenplay from Scorsese himself. “Well, the notes came in over e-mail, and… and detail. In detail. Because he started out on the script, and he said advised me to shave off a lot of the exposition. And, you know, this is the first time I’m actually writing a full screenplay. So that was a little daunting, because every filmmaker wants to say a hundred things in the same film,” Ghaywan shared. “So those things, and try to put restraint on some of the arcs that he said may impede your main narrative. Those points were really bang on because it helped me, like, pave the screenplay.” He added that Scorsese’s guidance didn’t end …
