A queer Marathi language romantic drama with the mottled, lingering emotional punctuation if not always the verbal pithiness ...

“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 ...

Indian film 'Cactus Pears' continued its festival winning streak by taking home the Best Feature Film Award at the inaugural ...

Sabar Bonda is about the many silent but categorical subversions that happen in the most traditional of folds. Often with a little helping hand from unanticipated quarters. In this case Anand’s ...

HT at Sundance | Sabar Bonda made history as the first Marathi feature film to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival this year. What does it mean to be a gay man in India? Not the India of urban ...

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Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s feature debut, Sabar Bonda, won the top prize - the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at Sundance Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s love for storytelling began in ...

It speaks to the relaxed control of Sabar Bonda how animals freely roam the frame and steal our attention. An optimistic goat breaks away from the herd and approaches two humans eating their lunch ...

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 ...