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