India, Sept. 19 -- The Marathi film Sabar Bonda is set for theatrical release after becoming the first from its language screened at this year's Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize. "The winning moment was surreal because I was already happy when Sundance told us that it's in the main competition section," director Rohan Kanawade tells us. When asked about making a film centred on a queer love story, Rohan says, "I always knew I would face difficulty, not because of the subject, but because it's an independent film. Anyone who's trying to make an independent film, their approach to filmmaking is different, and that is why independent films feel different. They are not making popular films like Bollywood but something honest and different." Sabar Bonda features no background music, first-time actors, and static camera work, choices that made people sceptical. "And then I'm a first-time filmmaker. How come a first-time filmmaker is using these things to tell his story?" he adds, explaining that his film challenges typical expectations of a feature....