The Cloud Messenger

Asian Feature Film Competition

The Cloud Messenger

Rahat MAHAJAN India 152 mins M18 (Nudity) Asian Premiere

FILM SYNOPSIS

A pair of teenagers at a regimented boarding school are predestined lovers in this coming-of-age story with a mythical twist.

Jaivardhan is a sensitive 16-year-old navigating the rigid structures of a boarding school in the lush Himalayan mountains. He develops a deep attraction to new student Tarini, and the pair embark on a tentative romance.

Alongside Jaivardhan’s repeated run-ins with the school’s disciplinarians, Tarini is confronted by visions of mysterious beings. A tragic incident reveals the pair’s predestined connection as timeless lovers reunited after centuries of longing, depicted through performances of ancient Indian storytelling forms.

The Cloud Messenger combines culturally specific aesthetics with universal themes of romance and fate, offering a poetic take on the coming-of-age genre.

FILM INFO

English Title The Cloud Messenger

Original Title Meghdoot

Director Rahat MAHAJAN

Country India

Year 2022

Langugage(s) English, Sanskrit, Malayalam

Subtitle English

Runtime 152 mins

Advisory M18 (Nudity)

Premiere Asian Premiere

FILM CREDITS

Rahat MAHAJAN

Indian filmmaker Rahat MAHAJAN cut his teeth in the Mumbai film industry and continued his career in Hollywood. His short film Istifa (2014) was selected as a national finalist for the 41st Student Academy Awards. The Cloud Messenger, his feature debut, premiered in the Tiger Competition at Rotterdam.

Cast Ritvik TYAGI
Ahalya SHETTY
Raj Zutshi
Kapila Venu
Rajeevan Peesappilly

Screenwriters Rahat MAHAJAN

Producers Sanjay SINGH
Rahat MAHAJAN
Nalin AGARWAL

CONTACT

Mahamudra Collective

mahamudracollective@gmail.com

screening details

Screening Details

Date/Time

03 Dec 2022, Sat 6:30 PM
Venue

Golden Village Plaza Singapura, Hall 10
Runtime

152 mins
Q&A with filmmaker(s)

Date/Time

04 Dec 2022, Sun 12:30 PM
Venue

Oldham Theatre
Runtime

152 mins

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