Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s feature debut, Sundance premiere, 'Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears),' takes a tender approach to ...

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

First-time filmmaker Rohan Parashuram Kanawade's Marathi film 'Sabar Bonda' has bagged the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival.

Sabar Bonda was the first ever Marathi feature film to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. It has now won the top prize.

Marathi filmmaker Rohan Kanawade’s Sabar Bonda has won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Dramatic at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, emerging as the only Indian feature to receive the prestigious ...

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 ...

Filmmaker Rohan Kanawade spoke to us about his cinematic journey. The director is winning praise from all quarters for his ...

Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) opens with a death. Anand’s (Bhushaan Manoj) father has passed. He and his mother (Jayshri Jagtap) ...

This debut feature from writer and director Rohan Parashuram Kanawade offers a personal and original depiction of queer life among the rural and lower castes of India, taking audiences on a journey ...

Coming out of the closet doesn’t have consequences only for the queer folk but also their families, especially if they live in collectivist cultures like India. Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s Sabar Bonda ...

Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) is going to Sundance! The Marathi feature film is the only Indian film at the prestigious film ...

Keeping this in mind, the existence of a film that not only presents a story brimming with love but also explores the queer ...