A Prayer for Rain

A Prayer for Rain

103 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 5, 2014

Thirty years on from the 1984 Union Carbide plant malfunction, the consequences of which are tragically ongoing, A Prayer for Rain is the powerful and moving story of the Bhopal tragedy, one of the great corporate and environmental scandals of the last half-century. It dramatises the dependence of the local community on the chemical plant that will eventually cause catastrophe, and the series of oversights that led to an event that stands as a benchmark for corporate irresponsibility in the developing world.

A Prayer for Rain

103 mins | Drama, History | Dec. 5, 2014

A Prayer for Rain
Thirty years on from the 1984 Union Carbide plant malfunction, the consequences of which are tragically ongoing, A Prayer for Rain is the powerful and moving story of the Bhopal tragedy, one of the great corporate and environmental scandals of the last half-century. It dramatises the dependence of the local community on the chemical plant that will eventually cause catastrophe, and the series of oversights that led to an event that stands as a benchmark for corporate irresponsibility in the developing world.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Percept Picture Company
Original title A Prayer for Rain
Directors Sahirr Sethhi, Lesley Pinder, Maithili Kaishap, Tracey Merkle, Ravi Kumar
Writers Ravi Kumar

Cast

Martin Sheen

as Warren Anderson

Mischa Barton

as Eva

Kal Penn

as Motwani

Rajpal Yadav

as Dilip

Joy Sengupta

as Roy

Lisa Dwan

as Marika

Satish Kaushik

as Chief Minister

Manoj Joshi

as Dr. Chandra

David Brooks

as Shane

Akhil Mishra

as Napolean

Kailash Kher

as Kailash Kher