Broadcast Date : Saturday 30th July 2011
Time : 21h09
Channel : MBC2

Visa: PG
Drama directed by Santosh Sivan (2007) : Starring Linus Roache, Rahul Bose, Nandita Das

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). In this play Henry and T.K. are working on building a road in rural Kerela. The start of the film focuses on the affair between Henry and his house maid Sajani.