After he won the historic Sundance Grand Jury Award as “Cactus Pear” (“Sabal Bonda”), director Rohan Parashuram Kanawade reached a management agreement with the film media to reveal the deal on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival.

Kanawade's debut work has been created history, becoming the first Marathi film and the first Indian novel title, saying Sundance received Sundance's top world film drama competition honors this January.

Kanawade type. "For a story that has a personal and intimate personality like 'Sabar Bonda' to find a global resonance - now, a believer in his journey and what we do, is both humble and empowering. This partnership is not just the direction of the film's next film - it's about the story's development, heard. The boundaries."

In "Cactus Pear", a city resident in his 30s named Anand is forced to spend a 10-day mourning period for his father in a rural western India, where he struggles to remain unmarried with local farmers. Emotionally resonant dramas have been linked to cross-border audiences since Sundance’s victory.

The film will be released this fall through a drama released by Strand, with festival performances held since then including the New Director/New Film, the San Francisco Film Festival (San Francisco Film Festival won the Special Jury Award - Visual) and the Los Angeles Indian Film Festival (winning the Audience Choice Award for Best Book).

"Strand is pleased to hear about this news and the good partnership between the film production teams who have received this representative," said Strand's Marcus Hu.

Neeraj Churi, the producer of the film and founder of Lotus Visuals, added: “While the film media has always been aimed at advocating film and filmmakers that are bold and primitive, this development reaffirms that the global film industry is expanding its gaze and ready to expand its scope, not only accepting brave films, but also acknowledging NFD CORMENT and INDIC the Indian the Indial the Indion the Indion the Indion the Indiub of Indiub of Indiub and playing a role in businesses in India. Rohan entered the International Arena with MPM Premium, Stram distribution and films, and we are delighted to work with a team that truly understands the nuances and recognizes all the emotional complexity of Indian independent films.”

Kanawade's solo journey adds another layer to the film's success story. He grew up in a house in a slum in Mumbai by a driver’s father and an illiterate housewife, and he is a homemade filmmaker with an interior design background. His short film is screened worldwide, "Cactus Pear" was developed in the Venice Biennale Academy Cinema 2022-2023, and also includes London Production Financing Market 2021, NFDC Marathi Script 2021, Film Bazaar 2022, 2022, Venice Gap Fincorming Market 2023, Cannes 20224 2024 2024.

Actors include Bhushaan Manoj, Jayshri Jagtap and Suraaj Suman. Vikas Urs handled photography behind the camera, with Anadi Atheley editor, Anirban Borthakur and Naren Chandavarkar as sound designers.

The movie will represent Kanawade in all media.

"Cactus Pear" is made up of Neeraj Churi (Lotus Visual Productions UK), Mohammed Khaki (Canada), Kaushik Ray (Taran Tantra Telefilms UK), Naren Chandavarkar (Moonweave movies in India), Sidharth Meer (Sidharth Meer (India) and Hare Storice (Hare Sity), Hare Sarbh (Awesome entertainment in India) and Associate Producer Rajesh Parwatkar (UK).