Baskaran left India for Dubai with high hopes but came back in a coffin. His widow Sundari didn't believe he committed suicide, so the relatives recruit cousin and filmmaker Jayakrisahnan Subramanian to uncover, what really happened. On his research, Jayakrishnan discovers that his cousin's fate symbolizes the exploited dreams of thousands others and the consequences they have to face when they wake up.
Unfortunately the movie Kalveli: Shadows of the Desert is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Crew | Germán Kral | Dramaturgy |
| Writing | Franziska Schönenberger | Writer |
| Sound | Vedanth Bharadwaj | Music |
| Production | Maximilian Plettau | Producer |
| Production | Luciano Luciani | Production Manager |
| Production | Ferdinand Freising | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Bindumalini Narayanaswami | Music |
| Production | Heiner Stadler | Production Manager |
| Visual Effects | Eric Guémise | Animation |
| Crew | Thomas Riedelsheimer | Dramaturgy |
| Directing | Jayakrishnan Subramanian | Director |
| Art | Enrico Battaglia | Background Designer |
| Directing | Franziska Schönenberger | Director |
| Crew | Natalie Lambsdorff | Commissioning Editor |
| Sound | Andreas Goldbrunner | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Karin Jurschick | Production Manager |
| Editing | Markus Baburske | Colorist |
| Crew | Friedrich W. Plettau | Legal Services |
| Visual Effects | Jayakrishnan Subramanian | Animation |
| Editing | Robert Vakily | Editor |
| Camera | Christopher Aoun | Director of Photography |