Santosh Sivan’s English film Before The Rains starring Rahul Bose is creating waves internationally. It has won international awards for Best Film, Best Cinematography and Best Music. It is a powerful cross-cultural colonial love story.

The film, which is set in Munnar, Kerala, made news at the recently-concluded Houston World Fest International Film Festival.
“I’ve not 12 National Awards in all, so winning awards is not a big deal for me,” admits the shy cinematographer filmmaker.

“This is non-formula non-Bollywood film and Hollywood’s Mark Kilian (Rendition, The Bird Cant Fly) is the first non-Indian composer to be honoured internationally for an Indian film.”
He didn’t release the film in India yet. Since its in English, he might find it hard to find distributors. But that’s not on Sivan’s mind. He is now focused on releasing his movie in New York and then taking of to the Edinburgh Film Festival in June where it will open at the posh Metrodome.