India, UK, Canada
Rohan Parashuram Kanawade

Cactus Pears

FILM INFO

Anand, a 30-something city dweller compelled to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India, tenderly bonds with a local farmer struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship, which was born under duress.

Original title
Sabar Bonda
Country
India, UK, Canada
Year
2025
Duration
112’
Color / Black&White
Color
Form
Fiction

DIRECTOR:

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade

Rohan Parashuram Kanawade is a self-made filmmaker raised in a Mumbai slum by a chauffeur father and homemaker mother. Transitioning from interior design to filmmaking, Rohan’s short films have screened globally. His debut feature, SABAR BONDA (CACTUS PEARS), was developed at the Venice Biennale College Cinema 2022-2023 and participated in platforms such as Film Bazaar, Venice Gap Financing Market, and Goes to Cannes, and eventually won in the World Cinema - Dramatic competition at Sundance 2025.

Фільмографія

U For Usha (2019); Khidkee (2017); Sundar (2016)

DIRECTOR:

team

Director
Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
Screenplay
Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
Camera
Vikas Urs
Editing
Anadi Athaley
Production Design
Tejashree Kapadane
Music
Cast
Bhushaan Manoj, Suraaj Suman, Jayshri Jagtap
Producer
Neeraj Churi, Mohamed Khaki
Production
Lotus Visual Productions
World Sales Company
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