Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain

Bhopal A Prayer for Rain is a 2014 historicaldrama film set amidst the Bhopal disaster that had occurred in India onDecember 1984. It is directed by Ravi Kumar and features Martin Sheen, Mischa Barton, Kal Penn, Rajpal Yadav, Tannishtha Chatterjee, and Fagun Thakrar in important roles. Benjamin Wallfisch composed the films music. Kumar got the idea of making a film based on the Bhopal disaster after he read a book based on it. Shot over a period ofmonths, it was originally slated for a late 2010 release. However, the lack of responses from distributors kept on delaying the release.

In 1984, a few months before the disaster, Dilip Rajpal Yadav, a rickshaw driver, loses his pay source as his rickshaw breaks down while transporting an employee to the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal. Dilip lives in the slums around the plant with his wife, a son and his sister. He gets a job in the plant as a labourer, and is happy since his daily wage is restored.The plant witnesses a drop in its revenue due to lower sales of pesticides, and in order to reduce the loss the officials neglect safety and maintenance. Questioning the chemicals used in the plant, Motwani Kal Penn, a tabloid reporter publishes reports in his makeshift printing press which are disregarded by most of the officials and workers. Roy Joy Sengupta, the incharge for the safety of the plant expresses his concerns. The officials however ignore his warnings, and a worker is killed when methyl isocyanate leaking from a pipeline drips off on his hand. The officials deem the workers irresponsibility as the cause of the accident and the plant continues to function. Dilip is given a betterpaying vacant job in the plant despite lacking the skill to operate machinery. A gas leak is prevented by Roy when water is mixed with methyl isocyanate, and in an attempt to stop people from panicking, the official in the plant sabotages the warning siren. ........

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