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Before the Rains is a 2007 Indian-British period drama film directed by Santosh Sivan. The film is adapted from a story from the 2001 anthology Israeli film Asphalt Zahov.[3] 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. Neelan (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 constructing a road in rural Kerala. The start of the film focuses on the affair between Henry and his house-maid Sajani. Both Henry and Sajani are married to different partners and both know of each other's marriages. They make love near a waterfall, witnessed by two children who flee. Henry's wife Laura and son Peter return from their vacation in England. Sajani is distraught but Henry assures Sajani that she is the one he loves. Sajani's violent husband finds out about her infidelity and brutally beats her. Sajani flees to Henry's 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 Henry's 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.
Sajani's love for Henry drives her back to Henry's house. Henry tells her to leave and admits that he does not love her. A distraught Sajani finds T.K's handgun (a gift from Henry), shoots herself in the chest and dies. T.K. and Henry throw her body in the river to conceal her death.
Sajani's disappearance garners interest in the village. Sajani's brother Manas and husband gather the men of the village to search the jungle for her. The same two children who discovered Sajani and Henry near the waterfall in compromising position then discover her dead body. It is established that a bullet from an English pistol killed her. A mob led by Sajani's husband attacks T.K., the only Indian man around with a handgun. The bullet and the handgun match and T.K is tried by the village council for murder. T.K is forced to tell the truth to the council, while Henry's wife discovers her husband's affair and his involvement in Sajani's death and leaves her husband to return to England with their son.
T.K proves his innocence to the council in a test of fire. The council elders tell T.K. that he has to kill Henry to get his honour back since he aided and abetted in covering up a killing. Sajani's brother and T.K. go to kill Henry. When it comes to the moment for T.K to kill Henry, he cannot pull the trigger but instead tells Henry that no man owns anything, it belongs to everyone. The film ends with the onset of the monsoon. Henry and T.K's road holds and does not yield to the pouring rains.
Santosh Sivan decided to make a film of Danny Verete's segment "Red Roofs" (from Asphalt Zahov) after producer Doug Mankoff introduced him to the film. Concluding that the story was "timeless and universal", Sivan changed the story's setting to a Nayar community in 1930s Kerala, India.[4] He felt a special affinity with the area as he was born and raised in Kerala.
During the 33-day shoot, Sivan endeavoured to capture the feel of cinematographer Subrata Mitra. He used mainly 16mm and 18mm lenses to achieve the film's panoramic wide shots which he recorded in 1.85:1 aspect ratio on Kodak Vision2 film stock. He was also inspired by the work of artist Raja Ravi Varma for the interiors, particularly in the use of lighting. The costume department dressed the principal characters in contrasting colours to highlight their differing backgrounds; Moores was dressed in muted colours while Sanjani wore bright saris and jewellery.[5]
Several complications were involved in filming in the area. Since much of the film involves road construction, the production team found an abandoned road and completed it at different stages in three different areas to allow them to shoot all three building stages simultaneously. For one scene Das's character was supposed to float down a river. The water proved to be too cold, so the crew had to set up a large tub of warm water next to the river for the close-up.[5]
Before the Rains premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival. It was also screened at Pittsburgh's Silk Screen Asian American Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival, and the Palm Springs International Film Festival. It was released commercially in India on 14 August 2009.
The film was released in Indian, UK and US cinemas. The movie got a mixed critical reception with Rotten Tomatoes giving it an average rating of 5.2[6] and Metacritic giving it a 47/100 rating.[7] Sivan's camera work was widely praised. The lead actors' performances, especially that of Rahul Bose was also applauded. The predominant thread of criticism in most of the reviews were that the film stuck to an old-school format and failed to stir emotion or engage the viewer.[8][9][10][11]
The film's music is by Mark Kilian who was nominated for a Discovery of the Year award at the 2008 World Soundtrack Awards for his work on the film. It has some Carnatic songs as well that feature Indian percussionist Sivamani.
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If one were to discover a leaking section of fabric during a rainstorm, a highly effective solution is to rub wax (candle, ski wax, paraffin, etc.) on the fabric. No need to heat it: rubbing cold works fine. It is better to apply from the outside, but it works okay from the (more comfortable and convenient) inside too. One rubbing generally lasts for several days.
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1. Some pesticides (including herbicides) are limited to one application per season, even if washed off by rain. If efficacy is reduced due to spraying in the rain, options for second applications may be limited.
2. When dodging rains during weed management season, keep in mind that a sprayer sitting idle with product in the tank will increase the risk for product contamination. Read more.
Robert Rauber, a professor of atmospheric sciences and the director of the School of Earth, Society and Environment, said that the oils fall into the soil and interact with bacteria. He explained what happens to these oils when it rains.
During a storm, lightning heats the air in the higher atmosphere and scatters the existing nitrogen and oxygen particles. Sometimes, three of the free-floating oxygen atoms combine and form ozone. The scent is noticeable after this process.
According to Nesbitt and Rauber, rain in the midwest is comparatively different than it is in other parts of the U.S. For example, the Midwest experiences a variety of storms and the full range of seasons.
This is one old wives' tale that is based in some truth, but it may not be why you think. Leaves of a tree do sometimes flip over before it rains, but it's not because of anything the leaves themselves are doing in anticipation of the precipitation. Instead, it's a response to the weather conditions that precede some rain events.
Because of this, the leaf flipping is usually a sign that rain is imminent, not part of the long-range forecast, according to WGN-TV's Tom Skilling. This is because the leaves are changing position because of weather conditions that typically develop just before rain moves in.
One of the primary factors that can cause leaves to flip over before it rains is wind. As summer storms and rain events move in, gusty winds often precede them, causing leaves to flip over and show their silvery side, according to the Ohio State University Extension.
This happens because as trees grow, their leaves typically grow in accordance with the prevailing wind for the area. Winds from incoming storms typically go against the prevailing wind, and the force of the wind causes the leaves to flip. Of course, sometimes non-prevailing winds sweep through an area without any associated rain or storms, and this, too, can cause the leaves to flip.
Another factor that can cause leaves to turn over just before it rains is humidity. As you've no doubt noticed, rain and storms are often preceded by or accompanied by humid air. The humidity can soften the leaves, causing them to hang more limply on their branches, Farmers' Almanac reports. The softening of the leaves can also make them hang in a flipped position or flip more easily in the breeze.
Weather-centric old wives' tales like this one predate scientific weather forecasting, going back to a time when people used their observational skills to notice patterns associated with particular weather events, Farmers' Almanac reports. One generation passed this knowledge onto the next and so on, which is why they still persist today at a time when it's easy to find out if rain is in the forecast.
This also explains why many of these sorts of old wives' tales are based on some scientific truths, according to Skilling. People from hundreds of years ago noticed that flipped leaves often preceded rain or a storm because the weather conditions ahead of these sorts of weather events do sometimes cause the leaves to flip.
And flipped leaves aren't the only signal plants may provide of the upcoming weather. Like leaves, pine cones also react to humidity, so if you see them all closed up it's a sign of high humidity levels and possible rain. Flowers, too, are said to be more fragrant before it rains because the increased humidity makes their scent stronger, according to the Ohio State extension.
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