Before The Rains
Reviewed in Issue 135 (Oct 2008) of Widescreen Review
| Studio | Lionsgate Home Entertainment |
| Catalog Number | 23853 |
| MPAA Rating | PG-13 |
| Rating Reason | Violent content and a scene of sexuality |
| Retail Price | $27.98 |
| DVD Type | Single Side, Single Layer (DVD5) |
| Running Time | 98 |
| Release Date | 09/16/08 |
| Theatrical Year | 2007 |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Santosh Sivan |
| Screenplay | Subscribers only |
| Story | Subscribers only |
| Music | Subscribers only |
| Cinematography | Subscribers only |
| Stars | Linus Roache, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das, Jennifer Ehle, John Standing, Lal Paul & Thilakan |
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| Measured Ratio | Subscribers only |
| DVD Soundtrack | Dolby Digital 5.1 |
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Subscribe FreeSet in Southern India in the 1930s, a time when the British Empire is losing their grip of rule on the country, Henry Moores (Roache) is an Englishman intent on starting a spice plantation in Kerala. When Henry finds he will need to build a road Before The Rains, in order to make his plantation feasible, he enlists the help of his friend T.K. Neelan (Bose) to help him get support of the local people. But when Moores and his married Indian housekeeper Sajani (Das) have an erotic tryst while collecting honey, two local boys witness the liaison and word eventually gets back to Sajani's husband. With his dream of a plantation in tatters, will Henry be able to spare the local people he cares for from futher devastation. (Stacey Pendry)
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