In a filmi way

City-based adventure enthusiast Rewat Bir Tuladhar talks about realising his dream and making a movie out of it

June 30, 2014 07:56 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 08:17 pm IST

It’s always good to dream and even better if the good ones come true. For Rewat Bir Tuladhar, realising those dreams is itself a passion. An IT professional, businessman and adventure freak, his craving has always been for crazy adventure sports and pushing himself beyond his limits.

The Bangalore-based adventure enthusiast recently jumped out of a plane to fulfil his desire to skydive in a unique venture using a crowd-funding campaign to sponsor the jump. He went on to shoot a short film on the entire dream coming true titled From 13,000 Feet .

Speaking to MetroPlus, Rewat says his passion for adventure began when he was small. “Born in Darjeeling, I grew up around nature and was always interested in adventure sports and even used to do rock climbing as a kid. Once I moved to Bangalore, I kept at it outside work hours. I loved pushing myself and wanted to do skydiving. Being short of funds, my friends suggested they will all contribute and the idea for a crowd-funding was suggested. We took it forward and used www.wishberry.com as the crowd-funding platform and raised over Rs. 2 lakhs from 49 people.”

“I choose to crowd-fund my dream because I would rather have things done my way especially since I’m shooting it solo. I’d like it to be a project that I can truly call my own. While sponsorships are great and exceedingly helpful, I do not want sponsors to play a pivotal role in the creation of the film.”

The film narrates his entire journey from Bangalore to the Freefall University where he did his course on skydiving. “For me this isn’t a hobby nor is it an item on my bucket list, this is hopefully a beginning of my long journey. This will be an adventure of a regular guy doing not so regular things. It is meant to get the crowd to believe and get inspired.”

On completing the 13,000 feet jump, Rewat became a very emotional. “My instructor landed, congratulated me and said ‘yeah, you’re a skydiver now’. The entire thing kind of came together at that moment. But it was not the end. It was another beginning for me.”

At the end of his jump, Rewat says a lot of things came to him as a revelation. “I was very scared to push myself and do something. I am weary of asking people for help. But the crowd-funding helped since it was a voluntary cause. I’m also scared of heights and I’ve never jumped out of a plane before. But I realised this is the spirit and the thrill.”

He now plans to start training for base jumping and wind surfing. He also has plans for a bike road trip from Darjeeling to Vietnam and back. He also aspires to climb Mount Everest someday.

On the adventure sports scene in Bangalore, Rewat says it’s doing well.

“A lot of people working in IT companies go out and indulge in adventure activities. The only problem a lot of middle class people have is the finance. Crowd-funding is picking up really well in India. If you want to do it, just go ahead and live your dream.”

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