Wrote a lil something (1.5k words actually 🫣) about the latest movie that has absolutely blown my mind, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears)
My ★★★★½ review of Cactus Pears on Letterboxd https://t.co/W674PJkCH2
(Contains spoilers)
independent cinema is not charity: it’s labour. sabar bonda is proof : raw, rooted, revolutionary. if you live in a city, show up. buy a ticket. honour the work. this is real, not niche. this is frontline.
SABAR BONDA is out today, one of my favourite films of the year. Beautifully composed frames capture life's messiness, silence conveys everything the characters can't talk about. Spoke to its writer-director about SAIRAT + fighting for the ending he wanted
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'Sabar Bonda' is running in theatres across India from September 19.
#Replug | Rohan Kanawade’s quietly evocative debut traces a rekindled spark between two men in rural India.
Debanjan Dhar (@Debanjandhar3) writes.
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Rohan Kanawade's Marathi debut feature film, Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears), is currently rated 8.6/10 on FCGR!
The film released today in select theatres across India.
Read the reviews below ⬇️
#SabarBondaReview#CactusPearsReview
So, Indian queer love stories can be told this way, too? @ROHAN_kanawade’s @sundancefest-winner #SabarBonda (Cactus Pears) is a quiet exploration of gay lives in rural & lower-class India. This hauntingly beautiful #Marathi film releases today.
Review:
https://t.co/m7KaXHzFDj
The other face of Indian cinema
The stronger one I believe ...
"Sabar bonda" (Cactus pears)
A Marathi film by: Rohan Parashuram Kanawade
@nikkhiladvani@sundancefest
*Sabar Bonda is spectacular. Some of the best work from India is coming from the indie space, because this movie is miraculous. A queer film about grief and battling societal expectations, depicted in the most reserved way. (more thoughts below)
A Marathi directorial debut film just won Sundance.
Not for spectacle. Not for formula.
For showing love between two men in rural India — with silence, sincerity, and soul.
Sabar Bonda is a quiet triumph. https://t.co/WGswmV1ODg
Rohan Kanawade’s Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) is deeply moving. One of the finest achievements in Marathi cinema. A queer tale of mourning and confronting social pressures told with restraint. Its brilliance lies in the simplicity of its craft. Even without a musical score, it held me absorbed from beginning to end.
“Beyond ideas of wrong and right, there is a field, I’ll meet you there.” Sabar Bonda dares to portray that field.
और भाई थिएटर में जाके जरा सपोर्ट करो मराठी पिक्चर को, सिर्फ ट्विटर पर झेंडा उठाके कुछ नहीं होने वाला।
Sabar Bonda—the rare film whose gentleness + disinterest in answering pressing narrative questions produces a floating film. Wrote this after watching the Sundance cut.
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Travelled more than halfway across the city yesterday to watch Sabar Bonda.
Sublime.
The frames, the silences, the tension in families, yet the warmth.
So so so many thoughts on Sabar Bonda - the achingly beautiful Marathi film that’s currently out in theatres.
A tender film through and through of how love abides in the thorniest of situations. Love flowers and blooms in its own way. And love is the only antidote.