Cactus Pears
DIRECTOR:
Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
PRODUCER:
Neeraj Churi, Mohamed Khaki, Kaushik Ray, Hareesh Reddypalli, Rohan Kanawade
WRITER:
Rohan Kanawade
RELEASE YEAR:
2025
Film Clip
Screening: Thu, 16 Oct, 8:30pm @Vue Screen 2 & Sun 19 Oct 5:30pm @Chapter
A modern-day love story set in a traditional Maharashtrian village following Anand, a 30-something city dweller who is spending a 10-day mourning period for his father in the rugged countryside of western India. During this time, he tenderly bonds with a local farmer who is struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning period ends, Anand must return to his life, leaving him with the choice of the fate of his relationship with the father which was born under duress.
Stori garu fodern wedi’i lleoli mewn pentref traddodiadol Maharashtrian yn dilyn Anand, dinasydd yn ei 30au sy’n treulio cyfnod galaru 10 diwrnod am ei dad yng nghefn gwlad garw gorllewin India. Yn ystod yr amser hwn, mae’n creu cysylltiad tyner â ffermwr lleol sy’n ei chael hi’n anodd aros yn ddibriod. Wrth i’r cyfnod galaru ddod i ben, rhaid i Anand ddychwelyd i’w fywyd, gan ei adael gyda’r dewis o dynged ei berthynas â’r tad a aned dan orfodaeth.
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. His short films include U Ushacha (U for Usha), Khidkee (Window), Sundar (Beautiful), and Ektya Bhinti (Lonely Walls).
Mae Rohan Parashuram Kanawade yn wneuthurwr ffilmiau hunan-wneud a fagwyd mewn slym ym Mumbai gan dad oedd yn yrrwr a mam oedd yn wraig tŷ. Gan symud o ddylunio mewnol i wneud ffilmiau, mae ffilmiau byrion Rohan wedi’u dangos yn fyd-eang. Datblygwyd ei ffilm gyntaf, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), yn Sinema Coleg Biennale Fenis 2022-2023 a chymerodd ran mewn llwyfannau fel Film Bazaar, Marchnad Cyllido Gap Fenis, a Goes to Cannes. Mae ei ffilmiau byrion yn cynnwys U Ushacha (U for Usha), Khidkee (Window), Sundar (Beautiful), ac Ektya Bhinti (Lonely Walls).
