Linus Roache

Before the Rains -- An Englishman intent on opening a spice plantation in Kerala attempts to gain the trust of the local villagers and destroys numerous lives in the process in this period drama from director and cinematographer Santosh Sivan.

The Namesake -- A young Indian boy living in New Jersey rebels against his traditional parents and struggles with identity and love.

Set in exotic southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter (Linus Roache) falls in love with his alluring servant (Nandita Das), an idealistic young man (Rahul Bose) finds himself torn between his ambitions and his family, his village and his past. Loyalties are tested and destinies decided as two worlds collide in this powerful and unforgettable drama.

This provocative tale traces the story of three people in 1930s India: a British spice planter, his alluring servant and an idealistic young man, caught in a web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets.

English spice baron Henry Moores (Linus Roache) pinpoints Kerala, India, as the site for his new plantation but must build a road to enable the project. As it turns out, it's only the first of many obstacles he'll encounter -- including his infidelity. With his wife (Jennifer Ehle) back in England, Henry turns his attentions to the plantation's housekeeper (Nandita Das), which leads to the endangerment of their marriages … and their lives.

An Englishman intent on opening a spice plantation in Kerala attempts to gain the trust of the local villagers and destroys numerous lives in the process in this period drama from director and cinematographer Santosh Sivan.

Set in exotic southern India in the late 1930s, this provocative tale traces the story of three people caught in an inexorable web of forbidden romance and dangerous secrets. After a British spice planter falls in love with his alluring servant, an idealistic young man finds himself torn between his ambitions and his family, his village and his past. Loyalties are tested and destinies decided as two worlds collide in this powerful and unforgettable drama.

On the heels of their arranged marriage, Ashoke (Irrfan Kahn) and Ashima (Tabu) jet off from sweltering Calcutta to a wintry New York where they begin their new life together. Virtual strangers to one another and with Ashima now living in a new and very strange land, their relationship quickly takes a turn when Ashima gives birth to a son. Under pressure to name him quickly, Ashoke settles on Gogol (Kal Penn), after the famous Russian author - a name that serves as a link to a secret past and, Ashoke hopes, a better future. But life isn't as easy for Gogol as his parents might wish. As a first-generation American teenager, Gogol must learn to tread a razor-thin line between his Bengali roots and his American birthright in the search for his own identity. As Gogol attempts to forge his destiny - rejecting his given name, dating a rich American girl, heading to study architecture at Yale - his parents cling to their Bengali traditions. But their paths keep crossing with both comic and painfully revelatory consequences… until Gogol begins to see the links between the world his parents left behind and the new world that lies in front of him.

When 12-year-old Rudy Carges (Conor Donovan) dies in a tree-house fire set by bullies, his death affects a circle of young lives. While Rudy's twin brother, Jacob (also played by Donovan), focuses his wrath on revenge, Malee (Zoe Weizenbaum) finds comfort in one of her psychotherapist mother's clients. Meanwhile, Leonard (Jesse Camacho), an overweight boy who escaped the blaze, begins a weight-loss regimen -- much to the dismay of his fat family.

A young Indian boy living in New Jersey rebels against his traditional parents and struggles with identity and love.

A young Indian boy living in New Jersey rebels against his traditional parents and struggles with identity and love.

A young woman agrees to an arranged marriage and leaves Calcutta to seek a future in the United States. The young couple learns to cope with life in the U.S. but as their children grow up their son Gogol's life choices cause a clash of cultures.