Tom Brook
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first heard Jan 2026
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Still to come in this podcast... I've seen fights break out at diners.
I've seen people sobbing uncontrollably.
I've seen people celebrating at a diner.
That sense of the unexpected is very much a draw for filmmakers.
You're in both dreams and you're scared.
Filmmakers like diners because they can be full of surprises.
I've seen fights break out at diners.
I've seen people sobbing uncontrollably after a breakup at a diner.
I've seen people celebrating at a diner.
Cactus Pears got attention because it depicts a gay relationship in India, not in an urban setting, but in a conservative rural farming community.
It's the story of Anand from Mumbai, visiting his ancestral home to observe the mourning ritual following the death of his father.
While there, he develops a close bond with a local farmer, an old childhood friend.
For director Rohan Kunawade, this partly autobiographical story is an attempt to depict a relationship often culturally stigmatized in Indian cinema.
There's also an American dimension to this rural Indian story.
It became the first Indian fiction feature film to win the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize when it was launched at the Sundance Film Festival.
Then it won the influential endorsement of the mother of Zohra Mamdani, the mayor of New York, who happens to be acclaimed filmmaker Mira Nair, who is a big fan of Cactus Pear's director, Rohan Kunawade.
But for the South Asian diaspora and others, what's most significant about this feature film is its rural Indian setting for a gay-themed film.
Kaushik Ray again.
And its supporters think Cactus Pears represents an evolution in how gay characters have been portrayed in Indian cinema.
Mira Nair.
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