Thank you to everyone who supported us this year. We had a lengthy catch up over the weekend with the aim of getting the project back on track. We still have our sights set on Om-Dar-B-Dar as our first Blu-ray release for the new label. A new kickstarter will go live next year.
A smart and thoughtful plan for the future being offered here — will happily continue to support their goals!
Thank you so much for believing in us!
These are our next steps...
Watch this space!
@ranjitsruprai.bsky.social & @bressonian.bsky.social
Founders of The Cloud Door
Absolutely true — and it's one of the core aims of our label. We're committed to doing this the right way: with the care, premium quality, and attention to detail you'd expect from the best boutique labels today.
So many have told us how important this is for the restoration and preservation of South Asian Cinema, and the role we can play in broadening circulation, opening access and making available so many films in a boutique special edition release.
We're truly heartened by the support for our home video label venture. Messages have come in from all over the world. Thank you! ❤️
We're nearly 25% funded, but we still need your help. Please keep spreading the word, pre-order, or pledge today! 🎞️ 👇
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcd...
If you want to see classics of South Asian cinema issued in beautiful new editions - which you obviously do - then make sure you are backing this brilliant project!
I supported this and you should too!
Latest newsletter just landed in your inbox… please keep spreading the word about our new label and this first amazing film release… and keep making those pledges! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcd...
Lovely to see this plan! Again, check out their feed and their current Kickstarter to get things up and running for them. It's a striking looking first film to start with, and having this kind of open range for the future is a delight.
Thanks Ned for your support! Once we release this first title we will be up & running. We already have a plan to release more Indian film titles and we want to be all regions, all genres, all cinemas so in no way restricted to arthouse/indie films.
I have just learned about this excellent new boutique Bluray house with a focus on South Asian cinema -- their initial Kickstarter for their first release will run for another two weeks and a half, but they're only at 20%. Spread the word! This really looks like the start of a beautiful effort here.
We hit 20% of our kickstarter goal!
Another milestone reached & all thanks to you! ❤️
Please keep spreading the word as we need all the support we can get to make this a reality. 🙏
You can pledge an amount or pre-order the Blu-ray:
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcd...
Suhasini Mulay in Mrinal Sen’s BHUVAN SHOME (1969)
Parallel Days/Bollywood Nights opens @newyork.asiasociety.org on Friday, @bressonian.bsky.social and @ranjitsruprai.bsky.social are launching @the-cloud-door.bsky.social, and Guru Dutt turned 100 this week!
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☁️🚪The day has arrived! We are live with the Kickstarter and so are pre-orders for Om Dar-B-Dar. We are very excited to share with you details of the first release! ☁️🚪
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcd...
🐸🎞️ We are so delighted and honoured to have filmmaker Kamal Swaroop support us in getting his film out on Blu-ray for the first time - OM DAR-B-DAR deserves its cult status to extend worldwide and you can help make this happen: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcd...
🐸🎞️ We are so delighted and honoured to have filmmaker Kamal Swaroop support us in getting his film out on Blu-ray for the first time - OM DAR-B-DAR deserves its cult status to extend worldwide and you can help make this happen: www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcd...
Omar Ahmed & Ranjit S. Ruprai are launching The Cloud Door: a boutique UK home video label for South Asian films. I spoke with them for Old New about their Kickstarter campaign, the lack of Indian movies on Blu-ray, and the underground influence of their previously banned first release Om Dar-B-Dar:
Had a fun interview with oldnew.substack.com, about the new blu-ray label @the-cloud-door.bsky.social, in which Rob asked for an Indian film he should watch from @bressonian.bsky.social and myself… can you guess which ones we suggested (clues below)?
We're 15% funded! 👏
Back us. Share. Spread the word.
We need all the support we can get. 👇
kickstarter.com/projects/tcd...
#PhysicalMedia #IndianCinema #HomeVideo
Every little bit you can contribute will all add up and help us reach our goal and succeed in getting started for many years to come.
☁️ 🚪 For nearly ten yrs, this home video dream has lived in my heart. You know my love for Indian Cinema runs deep. Now, more than ever, I ask: please pledge to the Kickstarter and give it the chance it deserves:
kickstarter.com/projects/tcd...
Thank you so much for your support! It is film fans like yourself who will help make this dream become a reality.
still image from Kamal Swaroop's Om Dar-B-Dar (1988)
We're so close -- nearly at 10% funded on Kickstarter!
Every single pledge counts right now. If you've been thinking about backing us, now's the time to jump in and help push us over this first big milestone
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcd...
ICYMI - pre-orders for our first release on the new label are now LIVE! Please support at this link (and there is also an option to pledge an amount of your choosing): www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcd...
Hey everyone! The Cloud Door is an upstart UK boutique home video label focused on South Asian cinema. They need some support to get their first release - cult classic OM DAR-B-DAR - off the ground. Let's give them a hand
Please keep spreading the word about the Kickstarter; we need as much support as we can get. This is not a one-off. We are already in conversation about licensing film titles for the future and want to make this a label that releases all genres.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/tcd...
***FUNDRAISER***
@the-cloud-door.bsky.social has finally launched their #Kickstarter!
@ranjitsruprai.bsky.social and @bressonian.bsky.social have been working very hard to make The Cloud Door a reality and the day has finally come for everyone to show their support for this endeavor!
