Mumbai, Dec. 17 -- Filmmaker Karan Johar is "over the moon" following his production - 'Homebound' inching a step closer to the revered Academy Award.

After the film was shortlisted and advanced to the next round of voting in the International Feature Film category for the upcoming 98th Academy Awards, Karan Johar took to his social media handle and penned a heartfelt note.

"I am not sure I can articulate how proud, elated and over the moon I am with the journey of #HOMEBOUND... all of us @dharmamovies are privileged to have this proud and important film in our filmography ... thank you," he wrote.

In a special shoutout to director Neeraj Ghaywan, Johar thanked the latter for bringing several dreams to reality.

"@neeraj.ghaywan for ma...