The Cloud Door (1994)

A very clever parrot lives in a hindu palace, surrounded by many beautiful girls, but the parrot escapes, and is trapped far from the palace. One day, when it's new owner is sleeping, the ... See full summary »

Director:

Mani Kaul

Writers:

Bhasa (story), Jayasi (story),

Stars:

Anu Agrawal, Murad Ali, Vasadeva Bhait

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Anu Agrawal	...	Kurangi (as Anu Arya Aggarwal)
Murad Ali	...	Ratnasen
Vasadeva Bhait
Shashi
Yusuf Khurram
Shambhavi
Irfan
Bahauddin Dagar
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Irrfan Khan	...	(as Irrfan)

Storyline

A very clever parrot lives in a hindu palace, surrounded by many beautiful girls, but the parrot escapes, and is trapped far from the palace. One day, when it's new owner is sleeping, the bird convinces a young boy to open the cage door. In return, it shows the boy a secret passage to get into the palace.

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Plot Keywords:

female rear nudity | underwater swimming | sex scene | bare breasts | erotica | 

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Genres:

Short | Drama | Mystery | Romance

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Details

Country:

Germany India

Language:

Hindi

Release Date:

28 September 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

Die Himmelspforte

Company Credits

Production Co:

Infra Kino Film Production, Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

29 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

One of the inspirations for the story for the movie is based on the work of noted Sanskrit scholar Bhasa and his six-act play 'Avimaraka'.

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Connections

Edited into Tales of Erotica (1996)

User Reviews

Elegant prose cannot hide inelegant logic

The only reason I watched this movie was because Mani Kaul was associated with it. Acclaimed in the critics circles, I wanted to have a taste of his body of work. "The Cloud Door" is a technically sound product. High on stunning visuals, sound department and beautiful locales but sadly the premise is empty. Due credit is given to Bhasa & Jayasi on which "The Cloud Door" is based upon but it crystal evident that Mani Kaul has failed to translate it on the screen.

Anu Agarwal:: She was riding high on the success of mega-block buster Aashiqui, wonder what made her sign the dotted line for this movie.

Should you dare to watch it, there is nothing much to lose - the running time is 29-minutes.