“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 Parashuram Kanawade, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Credit: Vikas Urs / Courtesy of ...

Smithsonian correspondent Ariel Sabar is also the author of My Father's Paradise: A Son's Search for His Jewish Past in Kurdish Iraq, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the ...

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Queer stalker film Twinless has picked up two big awards at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Twinless won the Audience Award for US Dramatic Films, and star Dylan O'Brien picked up the US Dramatic ...

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 ...

Filmmaker Rohan Kanawade spoke to us about his cinematic journey. The director is winning praise from all quarters for his film, Sabar Bonda, which recently screened at the Sundance film festival.

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