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.
| Sound | Vedanth Bharadwaj | Music |
| Sound | Bindumalini Narayanaswami | Music |
| Production | Karin Jurschick | Production Manager |
| Production | Heiner Stadler | Production Manager |
| Visual Effects | Eric Guémise | Animation |
| Crew | Thomas Riedelsheimer | Dramaturgy |
| Crew | Friedrich W. Plettau | Legal Services |
| Production | Luciano Luciani | Production Manager |
| Writing | Franziska Schönenberger | Writer |
| Editing | Robert Vakily | Editor |
| Crew | Germán Kral | Dramaturgy |
| Directing | Franziska Schönenberger | Director |
| Directing | Jayakrishnan Subramanian | Director |
| Art | Enrico Battaglia | Background Designer |
| Sound | Andreas Goldbrunner | Sound Mixer |
| Editing | Markus Baburske | Colorist |
| Visual Effects | Jayakrishnan Subramanian | Animation |
| Production | Maximilian Plettau | Producer |
| Production | Ferdinand Freising | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Natalie Lambsdorff | Commissioning Editor |
| Camera | Christopher Aoun | Director of Photography |