Bhopal: Prayer for Rain

Bhopal: Prayer for Rain is an upcoming historical-drama film set amidst the real-life Bhopal disaster that had occurred in India on December 2-3, 1984. Martin Sheen, Mischa Barton, Kal Penn, Fagun Thakrar, Tannishtha Chatterjee and Rajpal Yadav have been cast in the lead roles. The director, Ravi Kumar described it as "a dramatisation, inspired by real events". It was slated for a late 2010 release. In a December 2011 interview, Kumar anticipated a 2012 release "We have been invited to some major film festivals where it will be premiered. The release dates will be decided by the distributor all over the world according to their plans." The film follows multiple characters' lives and dilemmas in the months leading to the 1984 Union...