Bhopal A Prayer for Rain

On the night of 3rd December 1984, Union Carbide’s tank no. 610 released 40 tons of lethal gas into the surrounding slums in Bhopal, Central India. By the morning 10,000 people lay dead. The Carbide plant was owned by the American multinational company.

Bhopal – Prayer for Rain film follows a young rickshaw-puller’s as he gets a menial job in Union Carbide plant. But his life and those of others change as American bosses start cutting costs in the loss making factory. On the fateful night, People of Bhopal dies in the disaster, while the American bosses at Union Carbide refuse to take any responsibility.

Martin Sheen plays The Carbide chairman and Mischa Barton plays a glossy magazine journalist visiting Bhopal. Kal Penn is the real-life tabloid journalist in Bhopal who tried to expose the dangers of Union Carbide. Fagun Thakrar plays Rekha, the role of a young woman widow who carries the emotional weight of the loss of her husband who the first one to be killed during the Union Carbide gas leak.

The American bosses gave away $300 to each victims family and walked away from Bhopal — where the water is still contaminated. For the first time in 26 years a film crew has been allowed inside the rotting chemical plant and were given access to confidential and improtant information regardign the incident. The story of the biggest Industrail disaster in the world has never been told and with the new information unearthed by the film makers, this is going to be most controversial and high profile film coming from India after Slumdog Millionaire.

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