India, May 25 -- Actor Ishaan Khatter is receiving high praise for his work in Homebound, which premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section. The actor opened up about the preparation for the role in an interview with journalist Sucharita Tyagi, where he recalled how director Neeraj Ghaywan told him to lose his muscles for the part. (Also read: Janhvi Kapoor says she 'jumped on someone' and 'screamed' upon knowing Homebound was headed to Cannes Film Festival)

During the interaction, Ishaan revealed what Neeraj told him to do before the start of the shoot of the film. He said, "The first thing that he said to me out of all the beautiful things was, 'You got to lose the muscles!' I was like, yeah, I can do th...