Before the Rains

Before the Rains is a 2007 Indian-British period drama film directed by Santosh Sivan. The film is adapted from a story from the 2001 anthology Israeli film Asphalt Zahov. Before the Rains is set in 1930s Malabar District of the Madras Presidency of British India, against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement. An idealistic young Indian man, T.K. Neelan (Rahul Bose) finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to tradition when people in his village learn of an affair between his British boss and close friend Henry Moores (Linus Roache) and a married village woman Sajani (Nandita Das).

Before the Rains
Theatrical poster
Directed bySantosh Sivan
Screenplay byCathy Rabin
Produced byMark Burton
Paul Hardart
Tom Hardart
Doug Mankoff
Andrew Spaulding
StarringLinus Roache
Rahul Bose
Nandita Das
Jennifer Ehle
Leopold Benedict
Lal Paul
CinematographySantosh Sivan
Edited bySteven Cohen
Music byMark Kilian
Production
companies
Merchant Ivory Productions
Adirondack Pictures
Excalibur Pictures
Santosh Sivan Productions
Echo Lake Entertainment
Distributed byRoadside Attractions (USA)
Metrodome Distribution (UK)
Release dates
  • 7 September 2007 (2007-09-07) (TIFF)
  • 25 July 2008 (2008-07-25) (United Kingdom)
  • 14 August 2009 (2009-08-14) (India)
Running time
96 minutes
CountriesIndia
United Kingdom
LanguagesEnglish
Malayalam
Box officeUS $1,316,722

It was filmed on location in Kerala, India and was released in cinemas in India, the US and the UK.

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