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Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

Bhopal : a prayer for rain / [presented by Sahara Movie Studios in association with Rising Star Entertainment ; directed by Ravi Kumar ; written by Ravi Kumar and David Brooks ; produced by Ravi Walia].

Publisher, Date:

West Hollywood, CA : Revolver Entertainment, [2015]

Description:

1 videodisc (96 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video

Summary:

On December 3, 1984, a Union Carbide pesticide leak killed more than 10,000 people in just a few hours in Bhopal, India. Based on true events, the film chronicles the days leading up to the world's deadliest industrial disaster. While journalist Motwani investigates a suspicious death at the plant, American Union Carbide CEO Warren Anderson faces plummeting profits despite the unregulated and ever-increasingly unsafe technology used by his Indian employees.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Subjects:

Bhopal Union Carbide Plant Disaster, Bhopal, India, 1984 -- Drama.

Industrial accidents -- India -- Bhopal -- Drama.

Pesticides industry -- Accidents -- India -- Bhopal -- Drama.

Feature films.

Historical films.

Fiction films.

Other Author:

Kumar, Ravi, screenwriter, film director.

Brooks, David, screenwriter.