Cactus Pears (Sabar Bonda), directed by Rohan Parashuram Kanawade, is a 2025 Marathi romantic drama that became the first Marathi film to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize. The story follows Anand, who returns to his ancestral village after his father’s death and reconnects with his childhood friend Balya, leading to a tender romance. Beyond its sensitive portrayal of queer identity, the film offers rich insights for Memory Studies. Mourning rituals, ancestral homes, childhood friendships, and rural landscapes function as powerful memory sites that shape identity and belonging. The narrative illustrates how grief can reactivate forgotten memories and how revisiting familiar places enables individuals to renegotiate both personal and collective memory. Through its quiet storytelling, Cactus Pears reminds us that memory is not merely about recalling the past but about understanding who we are and imagining who we can become.
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