The cast and crew of the film — Bhopal: A prayer for rain — in city on Wednesday for the film premiere. Notably, the film will be released in cinema halls across the country on December 5.
It is a historical-drama film set amidst the real-life Bhopal disaster that had occurred in India on December 3, 1984. Starring Martin Sheen, Mischa Barton, Kal Penn, Rajpal Yadav, Tannishtha Chatterjee, and Fagun Thakrar, Sahara Movie Studios and Rising Star Entertainment have produced the movie.
Talking to mediapersons director of the film, Ravi Kumar said, “This film deals with the emotional engagement of this disaster. All characters have performed with realism. It’s my first feature film which required a research work of five years.
The Book ‘Bhopal, the lessons of Tragedy’ by Sanjoy Hazarika inspired to make this film. Moral dilemma, social injustice and environment and social disaster are basic major facts in it. “
He further added, “The title of this film is based on two reasons, first, if rain would have happened that night then death rate could have less and second, drought also occurred in same year in our country keeping in mind these two reasons we decided the title. We have decided to donate some revenue to Sambhavna Trust, and gas victims.”
Notably, most parts of the movie were shot in Hyderabad, Chandigarh and Mumbai but last scene of this movie was shot in Bhopal. “I tried to shoot this movie in Bhopal too but did not get that exact scene which was thirty years ago. Bhopal is now totally changed and developed. So I recreated the replica of Union carbide factory in Hyderabad,” he added.
Rajpal Yadav , said “ I’m playing the lead character of Dilip. It has been an emotional journey for me. I feel proud to be part of this sensitive and inspirational movie.”
While talking about Bhopal, Rajpal said, “My acting journey started from theatre only. I did the first play ‘Andher Nagri Chaupat Raja’ in Bharat Bhavan. I am much connected to this city.”
“It’s a emotional journey of leela and Dlilip and I’m playing the role of leela. I got three scripts based on the gas tragedy. After reading all, I selected to this movie because this script is very realistic and touched my heart”, said actor Tannishtha Chatterjee.