Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain

2014 | Drama

Synopsis

Interwoven stories of people in India and the US as they face dilemmas of life in the months leading to the biggest industrial disaster in human history that claimed 10,000 innocent lives within a few hours. Inspired by real events.

Scores

Overall Score
30.0
Popularity Percentile (Year)
26.7%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
14.3%
Review Aggregate
64.8

Critic Consensus

66.7% Fresh • 18 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 67% of 18 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize tragic, emotional, realistic. Common reservations focus on execution consistency, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

tragicemotionalrealisticpoliticalsuspensefulhistorical

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Martin Sheen2014$0$0(est)
Mischa Barton2014$0$0(est)
Kal Penn2014$0$0(est)
Rajpal Yadav2014$0$0(est)
Tannishtha Chatterjee2014$0$0(est)
Fagun Thakrar2014$0$0(est)
Martin Brambach2014$0$0(est)
David Brooks2014$0$0(est)
Satish Kaushik2014$0$0(est)
Vineet Kumar2014$0$0(est)
Joy Sengupta2014$0$0(est)
Manoj Joshi2014$0$0(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score67.0
RT critic review count18
Rotten Tomatoes audience score58.0
RT audience rating count100
IMDb rating7.1
IMDb votes2,252

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2014$12,628$16,736
International2014N/AN/A
Worldwide2014$12,628$16,736

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2014$6,314$8,368
Digital Rentals ?2014$561,000$743,497
Digital Purchases ?2014$444,000$588,436
Physical Rentals ?2014$639,000$846,871
Physical Purchases ?2014$1,723,000$2,283,503
TV & Streaming Revenue2014$75,000$99,398
Total Revenues2014$3,448,314$4,570,072
Expenses
Budget ?2014$250,000 (est)$331,327 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2014$80,000 (est)$106,025 (est)
Participations2014$138,000$182,892
Residuals ?2014$203,000$269,037
Interest & Overhead2014$50,000$66,265
Total Expenses2014$721,000$955,546
Movie Net Profit or Loss2014$2,727,314$3,614,526

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