The film starts off with a flashback story that recalls the fateful night of the gigantic tragedy and all the events which led to that. The film's protagonist Dilip (Rajpal Yadav) is a rickshaw puller by profession. After an untimely 'accident' robs him off his profession, a chance meeting with the Union Carbide official, lands him a job as a cleaner in the company. Everything goes on well till the time Dilip's co-worker becomes a victim of an 'acid attack' and dies. This paves way for Dilip to put himself into the deceased man's shoes and uniform (quite literally). The plant's lethargic and careless officer Chaudhary (Vinit Kumar) hires Dilip for the job without giving him any job safety instructions. Amidst all this, the Chief Executive of Union Carbide Warren Anderson (Martin Sheen) lands up in Bhopal only to 'take care' of the politicians and give the workers a pep talk! He even takes a surprise test of Dilip to know about the workers' technical knowledge. Even though the plant's Safety Officer Roy (Joy Sengupta) handles the situation ably, he's fed up of the unprofessional and unethical practices of the plant's management. And when all of his repeated warnings about the plant's hazards fall on deaf ears, he decides to resign from his job. But before leaving, he gives out some vital information about the hazards of the chemical plant to Dilip, who then passes on the information to the editor of 'Voice Of Bhopal' Motwani (Kal Penn), only to be published in his newspaper the next day. But by then, the damage is already done. A very deadly chemical named 'MIC' starts leaking from the plant into the city of Bhopal, killing thousands of innocents. When the victims flood the hospital for treatment, the head doctor (Manoj Joshi) becomes helpless because the hospital starts running short of Sodium Hypo Chloride (the only possible way to arrest the after effects from exposure to the deadly gas).
Is there any solution to arrest the effects of the deadly gas, what happens to Dilip and his family, who is responsible for this tragedy and how Warren Anderson escapes after this horrendous crime, forms the rest of the story.
bhopal : a prayer for rain (2014)
The film starts off with a flashback story that recalls the fateful night of the gigantic tragedy and all the events which led to that. The film's protagonist Dilip (Rajpal Yadav) is a rickshaw puller by profession. After an untimely 'accident' robs him off his profession, a chance meeting with the Union Carbide official, lands him a job as a cleaner in the company. Everything goes on well till the time Dilip's co-worker becomes a victim of an 'acid attack' and dies. This paves way for Dilip to put himself into the deceased man's shoes and uniform (quite literally). The plant's lethargic and careless officer Chaudhary (Vinit Kumar) hires Dilip for the job without giving him any job safety instructions. Amidst all this, the Chief Executive of Union Carbide Warren Anderson (Martin Sheen) lands up in Bhopal only to 'take care' of the politicians and give the workers a pep talk! He even takes a surprise test of Dilip to know about the workers' technical knowledge. Even though the plant's Safety Officer Roy (Joy Sengupta) handles the situation ably, he's fed up of the unprofessional and unethical practices of the plant's management. And when all of his repeated warnings about the plant's hazards fall on deaf ears, he decides to resign from his job. But before leaving, he gives out some vital information about the hazards of the chemical plant to Dilip, who then passes on the information to the editor of 'Voice Of Bhopal' Motwani (Kal Penn), only to be published in his newspaper the next day. But by then, the damage is already done. A very deadly chemical named 'MIC' starts leaking from the plant into the city of Bhopal, killing thousands of innocents. When the victims flood the hospital for treatment, the head doctor (Manoj Joshi) becomes helpless because the hospital starts running short of Sodium Hypo Chloride (the only possible way to arrest the after effects from exposure to the deadly gas).
Is there any solution to arrest the effects of the deadly gas, what happens to Dilip and his family, who is responsible for this tragedy and how Warren Anderson escapes after this horrendous crime, forms the rest of the story.
