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Mischa Barton and Martin Sheen were both recently interviewed by CNN-IBN about their roles in the movie Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain which they are currently filming in Hyderbad, India.
While Mischa talks more about the experience of filming in India, Sheen talks more about the movie itself. (in the clip after the the jump)
Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain is based on a true story about one of the world’s worst industrial accidents ever in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. On Dec. 3, 1984, a Union Carbide plant accidently released 42 tons of methyl isocynate (MIC) gas, exposing literally hundreds of thousands to the toxic gases. Watch the video at the end of this post to give you an idea of how horrible the tragedy really was to the people of India.
In the interview, Mischa (headband alert!) called India a “truly beautiful country” and filming the movie an “amazing experience.”
“I wanted to do this project for moral reasons … because I think the story needs to be told … I think it’s going to be an important film,” Mischa says in the interview.
Mischa said the movie is different for the Indian film crew as they are used to Bollywood.
“I think it’s a different experience for them I think understanding the emotion that goes into the tragedy … it’s a tragedy that we are filming,” Mischa said.
Filming has been done mostly in Hyderbad or close by and Mischa said she’s also visited South Goa for five days for vacation. She also discussed working with Saving the Children in Africa and how she had hoped to come to India to do charity work as well.
In the movie, Martin Sheen will play Warren Anderson, the former CEO of Union Carbide. After the tragedy in 1984, Anderson fled India amid charges and has fought extradition for 24 years. According to reports, he lives in the United States and refuses to return to India. As Sheen mentions, in the film’s final scene a reporter offers Anderson (played by Sheen) an opportunity to return to India for the 25th anniversary to help prevent future industrial accidents of this magnitude, but he refuses.
“I hope that it is seen internationally,” Sheen said. “I knew about Bhopal when it happened. It was horrifying. We couldn’t believe the extent of the death and the destruction, and it’s still going on as you know….”
Here’s a video I found showing photos from the Bhopal tragedy:
What an inspiring film. Perhaps public attention to the Bhopal tragedy will prevent a similar tragedy in other parts of the world, including the United States where more than three times the amount of methyl isocyanate (MIC) is being stored at the Bayer (German owned) plant in Institute West Virginia. The failures at the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal are being repeated at the Bayer plant, including an explosion at the plant last August.
For me, this movie is personal. I was disabled as a result of exposure to the same chemical while teaching in Mississippi. I was invited to Sarangi’s clinic and hope one day to meet him. I have also been fighting for justice for the Bhopal victims and to rid the Bayer plant in the U. S. of the unnecessary storage of MIC. My story and how it relates to the injustice in Bhopal and information about my book, Toxic Justice, is temporarily on this website until I get mine up and running. http://www.tulanelink.com/stories/swan_09a.htm
Хмм…довольно интересный пост. Добавил в бобрдобр.
See my website http://www.nancyswan.com for additional information about the Bhopal disaster and reference to this upcoming movie.