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The Cloud Door

Germany/India 1996, 28 minutes
Screen ratio 4:3 (1,33:1)
Directed by Mani Kaul
Script Regina Ziegler
Music Usted Zio Foriduddin Dagar
Actor Anu Arya Aggarwal, Murad Ali
Camera Anil Mehta
Cut Lalitha Krishna, Lalitha Krishna
Produced by Regina Ziegler
Production Ziegler FIlm
Genre erotic, Fantasy, Romance, Short
Film tags erotic tales indien papagei
The Cloud Door

In an ancient castle in Rajasthan the King overhears the parrot in its cage whispering erotic descriptions to his young daughter Princess Kurangi. Enraged, he pulls out a knife and attacks the cage. Kurangi defends the bird by arguing that its speech is all learnt. Young women descend into the waters of a pool. Kurangi clutches the green parrot with its long tail against her bosom. Her clothes fall on the steps as she enters the waters with the parrot. The bird suddenly spreads its wings and flies off travelling over the mountain top to a far place. The parrot has been captured by a bird catcher. When Ratnasen passes by its cage, he is startled to hear the parrot speak his loveŽs name: "Kurangi". If Ratnasen would free the parrot from his sleepy master, it would be willing to show him the way to the palace and lead him through the secret passages to KurangiŽs chamber...





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