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Before The Rains (12A)

  • Consumer Advice: Contains moderate violence
  • Run time: 1 hour 38 mins
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release date: 25th July 2008

Plot Synopsis

Set in 1930s southern India against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement, BEFORE THE RAINS is the English language debut of acclaimed Indian director Santosh Sivan (THE TERRORIST, ASOKA).

Idealistic young Indian man T.K. (Rahul Bose) finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to the past when people in his village learn of an affair between his British boss Moores (Linus Roache) and local village girl Sanjani (Nandita Das).