Directing

Rohan Kanawade

Rohan comes from a humble background, raised in a one-room house in a Mumbai slum by a chauffeur father and homemaker mother. He is a self-made filmmaker with a background in interior design. His shorts have been screened globally. U Ushacha won him the prestigious Satyajit Ray Short Film Award at London Indian Film Festival 2019. His first feature Sabar Bonda was developed in Venice Biennale Col…

Known For

Cactus Pears

Cactus Pears · 2025

MovieDramaRomance

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.

Khidkee

Khidkee · 2017

A middle-aged housewife, Madhu, and a young screenplay writer, Ashween, live across the road from each other, and get glimpses of one another's lives from their living-room windows. Little do they know that their minds have their own windows!

Sundar

The story of Jayu, who enjoys cross-dressing and wants to play dandiya, a traditional Gujarat folk dance, on the last day of Navratri, a nine-day festival dedicated to the worship of Durga, but has been forbidden from doing so by his mother.

Lonely Walls

Lonely Walls · 2013

A father and son navigate a fragile relationship when the son comes out as gay, confronting fear, rejection, and societal pressure. He soon discovers that his father harbors the same truth about himself. Through quiet moments and tender confrontation, the story explores identity, acceptance, and intergenerational understanding, offering a sensitive portrayal of LGBTQ+ experiences in Indian society.

U for Usha

U for Usha · 2019

Usha, a single mother who works as a farm labourer in rural India, finds herself drawn to a female teacher of local primary school, in ways she never knew possible.

Filmography

Sort

Cactus Pears

Cactus Pears · 2025

MovieDramaRomance

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

Khidkee

Khidkee · 2017

A middle-aged housewife, Madhu, and a young screenplay writer, Ashween, live across the road from each other, and get glimpses of one another's lives from their living-room windows. Little do they know that their minds have their own windows!

Director

Sundar

The story of Jayu, who enjoys cross-dressing and wants to play dandiya, a traditional Gujarat folk dance, on the last day of Navratri, a nine-day festival dedicated to the worship of Durga, but has been forbidden from doing so by his mother.

Director

Lonely Walls

Lonely Walls · 2013

A father and son navigate a fragile relationship when the son comes out as gay, confronting fear, rejection, and societal pressure. He soon discovers that his father harbors the same truth about himself. Through quiet moments and tender confrontation, the story explores identity, acceptance, and intergenerational understanding, offering a sensitive portrayal of LGBTQ+ experiences in Indian society.

Director

U for Usha

U for Usha · 2019

Usha, a single mother who works as a farm labourer in rural India, finds herself drawn to a female teacher of local primary school, in ways she never knew possible.

Writer