Rahat Mahajan

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Place of Birth India

Rahat Mahajan

Biography

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.

Known For

Director

2017
The Unknown Craftsman

as Assistant Director

2017
Still I Rise

as Director

2014
2014
Istifa

as Director

2014
Blackmail Business

as Director

2014
Gulfareen

as Director

2013
2012
Tyaag

as Director

2011
Roots Festival

as Director

2006

Camera

2022
Meghdoot - The Cloud Messenger

as Director of Photography

2018
Mehsampur

as Camera Department Manager

2017
An Invitation

as Director of Photography

2017
Still I Rise

as Director of Photography

2014
Gulfareen

as Director of Photography

2014
Istifa

as Director of Photography

2013
T. and Sugar

as Second Assistant Camera

2012
Bloodline

as Best Boy Grip

2012
Tyaag

as Director of Photography

2011
Good Morning

as Director of Photography

2011
Roots Festival

as Director of Photography

2006
Memoirs of an Apple

as Director of Photography

Editor

2017
Still I Rise

as Editor

2014
Gulfareen

as Editor

2014
Istifa

as Editor

2014
2012
Tyaag

as Editor

2011
Roots Festival

as Editor

2011
What's the 48?

as Editor

2006

Producer

2017
The Unknown Craftsman

as Executive Producer

2014
Istifa

as Producer

2014
Gulfareen

as Producer

2010
Ishqiya

as Assistant Production Coordinator

Writer

2014
Istifa

as Screenplay

2013

Art

2022
Meghdoot - The Cloud Messenger

as Production Design

2009
Kaminey

as Creative Director

Crew

2017
An Invitation

as Cinematography

2010
Udaan

as Post Production Assistant

Actor

Visual Effects

2009
Kaminey

as Visual Development