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A English spice baron settles in South India during the waning years of the Raj.A English spice baron settles in South India during the waning years of the Raj.A English spice baron settles in South India during the waning years of the Raj.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Indrajith Sukumaran
- Manas
- (as Indrajith)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaSantosh Sivan was also his own cameraman on the film, acting as director of photography.
- GoofsThe story takes place in 1937, but the pickup truck seen throughout the film is a 1950's Jeepster truck.
- Quotes
T.K.'s Father: You knew of this but did nothing. You saw everything and shut your eyes because you wanted to live in both worlds. No one is ever lost on a straight road. But you have been lost, and now you must find your way back.
- ConnectionsRemake of Yellow Asphalt (2000)
- SoundtracksPink Champagne
Composed by Peter Thomas
Courtesy of APM Music
Featured review
When DOP holds the directorial reigns one can expect a visual feast nothing short of excellence. And precisely that what you are in for "Before the Rains". Every scene seems to hand-picked and aesthetically delivered. Brillaince perhaps would be an understatement for the visual poetry.
The plot weaves a story of love, passion, friendship, loyalty and greed amidst the struggle for freedom from the British Raj neatly showcasing the customs and traditions of Gods own country, Kerala.
Santosh Sivan gets down to business straight away and while the visuals keeps the audience glued, the same cannot be said about the plot/ narrative which seems to give away. Perhaps screenplay needed further cementing.
Performances::
Ψ Rahul Bose:: Needs no intro, he is might in his own right. Manages to pull off the various layers of the role effectively. His character seems to be inspired from Karna in Mahabharata.
Ψ Nandita Das:: Her role was smaller than expected and needed more screen time to establish the character.
Ψ Linus:: He was good, though has immense scope to make a dent.
Ψ Jennifer:: Now literally stealing the thunder would be the apt idiom to compliment her performance and her character backs it up nicely.
Ψ The other stalwarts from Malayalam cinema were confined to character roles and perhaps minuscule.
The plot weaves a story of love, passion, friendship, loyalty and greed amidst the struggle for freedom from the British Raj neatly showcasing the customs and traditions of Gods own country, Kerala.
Santosh Sivan gets down to business straight away and while the visuals keeps the audience glued, the same cannot be said about the plot/ narrative which seems to give away. Perhaps screenplay needed further cementing.
Performances::
Ψ Rahul Bose:: Needs no intro, he is might in his own right. Manages to pull off the various layers of the role effectively. His character seems to be inspired from Karna in Mahabharata.
Ψ Nandita Das:: Her role was smaller than expected and needed more screen time to establish the character.
Ψ Linus:: He was good, though has immense scope to make a dent.
Ψ Jennifer:: Now literally stealing the thunder would be the apt idiom to compliment her performance and her character backs it up nicely.
Ψ The other stalwarts from Malayalam cinema were confined to character roles and perhaps minuscule.
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- Also known as
- Road to the Sky
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,029,655
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $48,159
- May 11, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $1,316,722
- Runtime1 hour 38 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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