BEFORE THE RAINS is the English language debut of acclaimed Indian director Santosh Sivan (ANANDABADRAM, THE TERRORIST, ASOKA). Set in 1930s southern India against the backdrop of a growing nationalist movement, An idealistic young Indian man (Rahul Bose) finds himself torn between his ambitions for the future and his loyalty to the past when people in his village learn of an affair between his British boss (Linus Roache) and a village woman (Nandita Das). "Before The Rains" opens in movie theaters across the US in May.