Info
Format : Matroska
File size : 381 MiB
Duration : 49mn 15s
Overall bit rate : 570 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 441 Kbps
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 416 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.692
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.060
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Plot
Before the Rains is set in 1930s Malabar District under the British Raj, against the backdrop of a growing
nationalist movement. An idealistic young Indian man, T.K. (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). In this play Henry and T.K. are working on building a road in rural Kerela. The start of the film
focuses on the love between Henry and his house maid Sajani. They make love near a waterfall, but 2 kids
see them and on hearing a noise, the 2 adults flee. Both Henry and his maid are married to different
partners and both know of each other's marriages. Henry's wife and son return from their vacation in
England. Sajani is distraught but Henry calms her saying that she is the one he loves. Sajani's violent
husband finds out about her infidelity and brutally beats her. Sajani flees to Henry's house; Henry
instructs T.K. to take her away into hiding. T.K tells Sajani never to come back as she is now disgraced
and her being in the village will endanger Henry's life. Sajani does not believe T.K but leaves
nonetheless. During this time, resentment towards the British grows stronger and they do not want to make
things worse by having news about an adulteress act between an Indian woman and a British man. Sajani's
love for Henry drives her back to Henry's house. Sajani is told to leave. Henry lies that he does not love
her. A distraught Sajani finds T.K's handgun which was a gift from Henry and shoots herself in the chest
and dies. T.K. and Henry take her body and throw it in a body of water, since their lives were at risk if
people found out about what happened. Sajani's disappearance garners interest in the village. Sajani's
brother and husband gather the men of the village to search the jungle for Sajani. The same 2 kids who
discovered Sajani and Henry near the water fall, discover her body. On examining the body it was found that
a bullet from an English pistol killed her. A mob led by Sajani's husband attack T.K. who is the only
Indian man around with a handgun. The bullet and the handgun match and T.K is tried by the village council
for murder. T.K was forced to tell the truth to the council, while Henry's wife discovers that her husband
is the one responsible for everything and leaves her husband to return to England. T.K proves his innocence
to the council in a test by fire. The council elders tell T.K. that he has to kill Henry to get his honour
back since he aided and abetted in covering up a killing. Sajani's brother and T.K. go to kill Henry. When
it comes to the moment for T.K to kill Henry, he cannot pull the trigger but instead tells Henry, that no
man owns anything, it belongs to everyone. The film ends with the onset of the monsoon. Henry and T.K's
road holds and does not yield to the pouring rains.
Cast
Linus Roache as Henry Moores
Nandita Das as Sajaani
Rahul Bose as T. K. Neelan
Jennifer Ehle as Laura Moores
Leopold Benedict as Peter Moores
Dr. Ambikathmajan as T.K.'s headmaster
Indrajith as Manas
Lakshmi Krishnamurthy as T.K.'s mother
Lal as Rajat
John Standing as Charles Humphries
Thilakan as T.K.'s father
Ejji K. Umamahesh as Inspector Sampath
Production
Santosh Sivan decided to make a film of Danny Verete's segment "Red Roofs" (from Asphalt Zahov) after
producer Doug Mankoff introduced him to the film. Concluding that the story was "timeless and universal",
Sivan changed the story's setting to a Nayar community in 1930s Kerala, India.[1] He felt a special
affinity with the area as he was born and raised in Kerala.
Release
Before the Rains premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. It was also screened at
Pittsburgh's Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, and the Palm Springs
International Film Festival. It was released commercially in India on 14 August 2009.
File size : 381 MiB
Duration : 49mn 15s
Overall bit rate : 570 Kbps
Nominal bit rate : 441 Kbps
Width : 704 pixels
Height : 416 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 1.692
Frame rate : 25.000 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.060
ID : 2
Format : AAC
Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec
Plot
Before the Rains is set in 1930s Malabar District under the British Raj, against the backdrop of a growing
nationalist movement. An idealistic young Indian man, T.K. (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). In this play Henry and T.K. are working on building a road in rural Kerela. The start of the film
focuses on the love between Henry and his house maid Sajani. They make love near a waterfall, but 2 kids
see them and on hearing a noise, the 2 adults flee. Both Henry and his maid are married to different
partners and both know of each other's marriages. Henry's wife and son return from their vacation in
England. Sajani is distraught but Henry calms her saying that she is the one he loves. Sajani's violent
husband finds out about her infidelity and brutally beats her. Sajani flees to Henry's house; Henry
instructs T.K. to take her away into hiding. T.K tells Sajani never to come back as she is now disgraced
and her being in the village will endanger Henry's life. Sajani does not believe T.K but leaves
nonetheless. During this time, resentment towards the British grows stronger and they do not want to make
things worse by having news about an adulteress act between an Indian woman and a British man. Sajani's
love for Henry drives her back to Henry's house. Sajani is told to leave. Henry lies that he does not love
her. A distraught Sajani finds T.K's handgun which was a gift from Henry and shoots herself in the chest
and dies. T.K. and Henry take her body and throw it in a body of water, since their lives were at risk if
people found out about what happened. Sajani's disappearance garners interest in the village. Sajani's
brother and husband gather the men of the village to search the jungle for Sajani. The same 2 kids who
discovered Sajani and Henry near the water fall, discover her body. On examining the body it was found that
a bullet from an English pistol killed her. A mob led by Sajani's husband attack T.K. who is the only
Indian man around with a handgun. The bullet and the handgun match and T.K is tried by the village council
for murder. T.K was forced to tell the truth to the council, while Henry's wife discovers that her husband
is the one responsible for everything and leaves her husband to return to England. T.K proves his innocence
to the council in a test by fire. The council elders tell T.K. that he has to kill Henry to get his honour
back since he aided and abetted in covering up a killing. Sajani's brother and T.K. go to kill Henry. When
it comes to the moment for T.K to kill Henry, he cannot pull the trigger but instead tells Henry, that no
man owns anything, it belongs to everyone. The film ends with the onset of the monsoon. Henry and T.K's
road holds and does not yield to the pouring rains.
Cast
Linus Roache as Henry Moores
Nandita Das as Sajaani
Rahul Bose as T. K. Neelan
Jennifer Ehle as Laura Moores
Leopold Benedict as Peter Moores
Dr. Ambikathmajan as T.K.'s headmaster
Indrajith as Manas
Lakshmi Krishnamurthy as T.K.'s mother
Lal as Rajat
John Standing as Charles Humphries
Thilakan as T.K.'s father
Ejji K. Umamahesh as Inspector Sampath
Production
Santosh Sivan decided to make a film of Danny Verete's segment "Red Roofs" (from Asphalt Zahov) after
producer Doug Mankoff introduced him to the film. Concluding that the story was "timeless and universal",
Sivan changed the story's setting to a Nayar community in 1930s Kerala, India.[1] He felt a special
affinity with the area as he was born and raised in Kerala.
Release
Before the Rains premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. It was also screened at
Pittsburgh's Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, and the Palm Springs
International Film Festival. It was released commercially in India on 14 August 2009.
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