Before the Rains

Before the Rains is a 2007 IndianBritish period drama film directed by Santosh Sivan. The film is adapted from a story from the 2001 anthology Israeli film Asphalt Zahov.

Before the Rains is set in 1930s Malabar District of the Madras Presidency of British India, 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.Henry and T.K. are working on building a road in rural Kerala. The start of the film focuses on the affair between Henry and his house maid Sajani. They make love near a waterfall, witnessed by two children who flee. Both Henry and Sajani are married to different partners and both know of each others marriages. Henrys wife and son return from their vacation in England. Sajani is distraught but Henry assures Sajani that she is the one he loves. Sajanis violent husband finds out about her infidelity and brutally beats her. Sajani flees to Henrys 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 presence in the village will endanger Henrys life. Sajani does not believe T.K but leaves nonetheless. During this time, resentment towards the British grows stronger news about an adulterous act between an Indian woman and a British man would be inflammatory. ........

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