Hindustan Times

Sabar Bonda director Rohan Parashuram Kanawade says queer characters from rural areas are not shown on screen

Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) is going to Sundance! The Marathi feature film is the only Indian film at the prestigious film festival this year. The beautiful, tender film revolves around a 30-something ...
Hindustan Times

Rohan Kanawade on Sabar Bonda: ‘I wanted to make a tender, warm film borne out of a phase of grief’ | Interview

Marathi film Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) has been a long time in the making. The film took shape from the Biennale College Cinema and the Venice Gap-Financing Market, and went on to win the Grand Jury ...
IndieWire

‘Sabar Bonda’ Review: ‘Special Friends’ Reunite During a Period of Mourning in Poetic Marathi-Language Debut

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 language ...
Variety

‘Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)’ Review: A Tender Queer Indian Drama Born of Grief

“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 begins in ...
Daily Bruin

Son of UCLA Professor Yona Sabar writes novel ‘My Father’s Paradise’

Growing up in Westwood’s backyard, Ariel Sabar couldn’t have felt more at odds living under the same roof as his immigrant father, UCLA Professor Yona Sabar. “Ours was a clash of civilizations, writ ...