Before the Rains

Before the Rains

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Forbidden Love | Period Drama

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  • Genre(s): Drama, Romance
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Santosh Sivan
  • Cast(s): Linus Roache, Nandita Das, Rahul Bose, Jennifer Ehle, Indrajith Sukumaran See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 38min
  • Music: Leslie Shatz,Mark Kilian,Andy Malcolm,David Esparza,John Ross
  • Award(s): Grand 2008 (Won)
    World Soundtrack 2008 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: "Wuthering Heights", Wicked
  • Story:
    Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter falls in love with his alluring servant, an idealistic young man finds himself torn between his ambitions and his family, his village and his past.
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6.5/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Set in southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter falls in love with his alluring servant, an idealistic young man finds himself torn between his ambitions and his family, his village and his past.
Ratings

6.5/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Grand Award

Best Theatrical Feature | 2008 | Santosh

Nominations
World Soundtrack Award

Discovery of the Year | 2008 | Mark

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Santosh Sivan was also his own cameraman on the film, acting as director of photography.

Filmed in Kerala in India.

Adapted from a section in the Israeli anthology film, Yellow Asphalt (2000). Santosh Sivan was very taken by the "Red Roofs" section in the film and wanted to expand it.

Indian director/ cinematographer Santosh Sivan's first (and to date, only) English language film.

Shot over a period of 33 days.

Popular Dialogues

"T.K.'s Father: You knew of this but did nothing. You saw everything and shut your eyes because you wanted to live in both worlds. No one is ever lost on a straight road. But you have been lost, and now you must find your way back."

"[first lines] T. K. Neelan: Sahib, we will have to change course again. Henry Moores: This has got to be the damnedest crookedest road in the Crown! T. K. Neelan: Oh, definitely. But it will be here after monsoon. A straight road would slide away."