Rahat Mahajan
Rahat MAHAJAN is a director, cinematographer, editor, screenwriter and producer. He gained a Bachelor of Mass Media degree from St. Xaviers College, Mumbai and an MFA from the ArtCenter College of Design in Los Angeles. Mahajan’s first short film Memoirs of an Apple won the first prize at the IDPA film festival in 2006 and was aired on Indian national television. Shortly after, he started working in the Bombay film industry, starting out as an assistant director and ultimately spearheading Visual Promotions for several acclaimed feature films. His short film Istifa, made on a Visual Communications Fellowship, was a National Finalist under the narrative category for the 41st Student Academy Awards in 2014. His debut feature film Meghdoot/The Cloud Messenger (2022), part of the IFFR 2022 Tiger Competition, is a contemporary tale of reincarnation about two lovers meeting in the present day after several centuries of longing, yet still trapped in their destiny of a perpetual cycle of love and death. Mahajan founded his production company Mahamudra Collective in 2005 and Inspired by his own roots, he wishes to weave stories that are sensitive and yet urgent in their mission to bring the vastness of Indian thought to the world in an approachable manner.
Meghdoot - The Cloud Messenger
(Director)
A Scene with Dialogue?
(Screenplay)
A Scene with Dialogue?
(Editor)
A Scene with Dialogue?
(Director)
Meghdoot - The Cloud Messenger
(Director of Photography)
The Unknown Craftsman
(Assistant Director)
Meghdoot - The Cloud Messenger
(Producer)
Kaminey
(Visual Development)
Gulfareen
(Producer)
Ishqiya
(Assistant Production Coordinator)
Mehsampur
(Camera Department Manager)
Istifa
(Director of Photography)
Gulfareen
(Director of Photography)
The Unknown Craftsman
(Executive Producer)
Istifa
(Producer)
Istifa
(Screenplay)
Istifa
(Director)
Blackmail Business
(Director)
Meghdoot - The Cloud Messenger
(Editor)
Blackmail Business
(Editor)
An Invitation
(Director of Photography)
Udaan
(Post Production Assistant)
Gulfareen
(Editor)
Bloodline
(Best Boy Grip)
Meghdoot - The Cloud Messenger
(Screenplay)
The Bijou: A One Way Crossing
(Grip)
T. and Sugar
(Second Assistant Camera)
Istifa
(Editor)
Meghdoot - The Cloud Messenger
(Production Design)
Good Morning
(Director of Photography)
Gulfareen
(Director)
Kaminey
(Creative Director)
If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Already
(Assistant Director)
Roots Festival
(Director)
Roots Festival
(Director of Photography)
Roots Festival
(Editor)
What's the 48?
(Editor)
Tyaag
(Director)
Still I Rise
(Director of Photography)
Memoirs of an Apple
(Editor)
Tyaag
(Director of Photography)
Tyaag
(Editor)
Still I Rise
(Director)
Memoirs of an Apple
(Director)
Memoirs of an Apple
(Director of Photography)
Still I Rise
(Editor)
An Invitation
(Cinematography)