Cactus Pears

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Cactus Pears

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1h 52m

Drama

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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 who is struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.

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Directed with a razor-sharp eye for character by Rohan Kanawade, Cactus Pears is an understated romance that gracefully pulls out the prickles from grief.

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G. Allen Johnson

San Francisco Chronicle

Dec 12

3/4

Kanawade handles all these competing emotional storylines with assuredness, his delicate direction combining with sensitive performances, colorful costumes and sumptuous cinematography for a very memorable debut.

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Randy Myers

San Jose Mercury News

Dec 12

3.5/4

This is a gentle beauty of a film from a filmmaker who is on his way to greatness.

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Natalia Winkelman

New York Times

Nov 20

While the film centers on the comfort Anand finds with Balya and vice versa, it is also an elegantly reserved study of Anand’s grief, finding a rhythm in its scenes of ritual that allows us to ache alongside.

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Dec 12

It’s a touching, poetically restrained romance that avoids the pull of both over-idealizing and melodramatic tragedy.

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Dhruv Goyal

In Review Online

Dec 5

Kanawade’s complete lack of overt sentimentality — and dedicated commitment to structuring his film around the shifting tides of silence — makes this, and most every gesture of his film, feel deeply honest and, hence, tremendously moving.

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Gregory Nussen

Screen Rant

Nov 24

8/10

As Anand navigates the prickly traditionalist, religious culture from which he came, Kanawade softly depicts the nervy, yet exhilarating process of self-actualization with sweet, soft care.

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Rahul S

Nov 25

Moved at a decent pace. Really moving story of not only the romantic relationship between two men but also the love between a mother and her son. Strongly recommend.

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Stephen C

@bob25009 Nov 21

Pride in 1 hour and 52 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The worldwide gross is $11,500.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Synopsis

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 who is struggling to stay unmarried. As the mourning ends, forcing his return, Anand must decide the fate of his relationship born under duress.

Director: Rohan Kanawade
Producer: Naren Chandavarkar, Neeraj Churi, Rohan Kanawade, Mohamed Khaki, Sidharth Meer, Kaushik Ray, Hareesh Reddypalli
Screenwriter: Rohan Kanawade
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Production Co: Dark Stories, Lotus Visual Productions, Moonweave Films, Taran Tantra Telefilms, Bridge PostWorks
Genre: Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: Marathi
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 21, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 52m