Rahat Mahajan, is one of the first prominent names from a very non-descriptive town like Pathankot, to be a part of the entertainment industry and make it to the doors of Hollywood and receive international acclaim. The filmmaker, who studied in The Lawrence School, Sanawar, went on to do his M.F.A. from the Art Center College Of Design in Los Angeles. After working in Bollywood and Hollywood for several years, he is now all set to make his feature directorial debut with The Cloud Messenger - Meghdoot.
Rahat, who has given almost 12 years of his career to the film, is now all set to present the film to the world. The teaser of the film released this morning on YouTube. The official synopsis of the film reads, "Star-crossed lovers meet across time, space and ancient myth in this visually stunning, romantically ravishing journey through the cosmic cycle of life and death."
The story of Meghdoot is where myth and reality merge, giving birth to something new. Where we witness the dream of a boy, merging with the cosmic dream.
Talking about the film, Rahat had told PeepingMoon's Entertainment Correspondent Rashita Sahni in January this year, "Though there are some great filmmakers here earnestly experimenting with the medium, there's a sense of Indian cinema that I wanted to discover for myself. I personally was very interested in the form of cinema and I wanted to explore the Indian system of storytelling but also make it very approachable to the world. I have very consciously made Meghdoot for an international market but I consider it a deeply rooted Indian film."
