Bhushaan Manoj and Suraaj Suman appear in Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by ...

HT at Sundance | Sabar Bonda made history as the first Marathi ... (He must change his black shirt, his mother reminds him.) It is the beginning of a sort of unwanted attention from his father's ...

Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears),” the semi-autobiographical feature debut of director Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, is a gentle ...

Sundance: First-time filmmaker Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s story about two unmarried Indian men begins with the premise that the protagonist’s mother supports his queerness. A queer Marathi ...

“Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears),” the semi-autobiographical feature debut of director Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, is a gentle slow-burn that occasionally becomes electric. A rural gay story that ...

Bhushaan Manoj and Suraaj Suman appear in "Sabar Bonda" ("Cactus Pears") by Rohan ... rules Anand is constrained with: Don’t wear black. Don’t wear shoes. Don’t visit anyone’s home.

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s debut Marathi feature film, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), can be described simply and succinctly as a queer love story. But it packs in many intricate and overlapping layers ...

Sabar Bonda made history as the first Marathi feature film to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year.

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Set against the backdrop of a rural Maharashtrian village, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), written and directed by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, is a study of the complexities of grief, sexuality, and ...

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