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Before the Rains

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PG-13 2007 · 1h 38m
Drama, Romance
Starring Linus Roache · Nandita Das · Rahul Bose
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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.

Theatrical
Sep 7, 2007
DVD / Blu-ray
Sep 16, 2008
Director
Santosh Sivan
Producers
Mark Burton, Paul Hardart, Tom Hardart
Music
Mark Kilian
Studio
Excalibur Pictures, Adirondack Pictures, Merchant Ivory Productions
Keywords
forbidden love period drama extramarital affair kerala 1930s
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L
Linus Roache
Henry Moores
N
Nandita Das
Sajaani
R
Rahul Bose
T. K. Neelan
J
Jennifer Ehle
Laura Moores
I
Indrajith Sukumaran
Manas
L
Lal
Rajat
T
Thilakan
T.K.'s father
G
Ganapathi S. Poduval

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