Sir, looks like the storm will last for at least 45 minutes.
if we are lucky.
We need to check if everything is intact before we start.
What happened to the lights?
It's okay, the generator will kick in. Okay?
It will come back.
Yes.
Pull up.
Sir, we have lost connection with the detonator.
The director and the deputy director are on a call
to the ambassador of India.
We have Mr. Andrew Walsh here
from the National Reconnaissance Office.
Sir, I spoke with the authorities and some of our resources here.
They all seem to corroborate that
there isn't anything major happening in Rajasthan
or Jaisalmer.
Dry Enterprise is linked to a well digging expedition.
All right, thank you.
You heard that, didn't you?
For all we know, this telex is a joke.
Sir,
we have photos of Iyengar carrying a detonator.
What you have is a picture of a thermos.
And it looks like a report on digging wells..
I understand it looks like that.
Here, ask him. Agent Walsh.
We intercepted a telex coming out of the Indian PMO.
What do you make of it?
Operation Dry Enterprise
All clear for the smiling Buddha on 050574. The flower is in bloom.
The Places of the Five Mirages is now secure.
I understand where you're coming from, Director Colby
but this is entirely too vague to ignore.
I don't understand
why they would go to such great lengths if there was nothing to hide.
Exactly!
And that date - May 5th, 1974
I mean I got nothing to tie it with but...
Yeah, here, here, here, here! May 5th...
On the 5th of May, we
cannot recover 2 hours of recon data
from around the BARC on 5th of May.
Gambit had an interference with one of our satellites
and we didn't think much of it then but now-
- ATS6 - Yeah.
ATS6, that's our satellite partnership with, with-
- India. - Yes.
- Sarabhai orchestrated it, right? - Yes.
Sarabhai got a deal with ISRO and NASA
where we agreed to help India start its TV
broadcast programme using our ATS6 satellite.
Their programme is currently in testing but the last test
was done on the 5th of May
and the BARC was in the blind spot of Gambit for 2 hours
because of the ATS6 satellite interference.
2 hours!
2 hours is more than enough time
to safely get an army convoy
out of surveillance radius over Trombay.
Sir, you wanted a probable cause, this is a smoking f*****g gun!
Bill?
Get Moynihan back on the line.
He needs to go see Gandhi.
Surprise her, maybe she talks.
American ambassador Daniel Moynihan wants to meet you.
Now?
At 7 in the morning?
Maybe it's for something else.
Mr. Haksar, the Americans know
and Moynihan is just the first strike.
What do we do now?
What's the update from Pokhran?
We've lost communication.
Last update was
about an impending sand storm.
The ambassador should be here in 45 minutes.
That means Ramanna has only 45 minutes
Not one minute longer.
Sir, we need time, sir!
Hello, we'll have to delay, sir.
Sir, hello?! He-
What happened, sir?
Haksar says the Americans are on to us.
In any case, we've lost connection to the bomb.
- Let's call this off. - No no, sir.
We have to try, sir. It might be a small circuit error.
How are you going to fix it? There's a storm outside, Iyengar!
Sir, we have 45 minutes. Sir, we can go and fix it.
The bomb's sealed.
How are you going to fix it in the storm?
- Please help. - Sir, please we can, we have the time.
Sir. Please listen to me. It's our job.
Somebody has to go there.
Don't forget if it gets out the humiliation, at the world stage.
It's not going to happen.
Sir,
how we choose to spend this time
will decide if we make history or not.
I think we should give it a shot.
That's what Vikram sir and Homi sir would do.
So much to learn, so much to see still.
I personally want to see the Place of Five Mirages.
Iyengar, come!
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, stop!
It's okay, it's fine..
Oh no, no, no, no, no, no
We're going to need help
and more time. Definitely more time.
How much time, sir?
At least an hour.
This would have affected the detonators.
See, our detonator is a power gap switch.
Unless the generator has power, the switch won't work.
- And the bomb won't detonate. - Exactly.
Kalam, come in.
Iyengar, come in.
Sir, we have a problem.
The generator is out.
Hence, the spark plug of the detonator isn't charging.
Battery.
Don't you have a jeep?
Then use the jeep's battery and fix the detonator.
Sir, but how will we bring the jeep back?
You don't worry about that, Kalam.
I'll handle it with Sabharwal.
Just fix the detonator. Now!
Hello, the Place of Five Mirages is Pokhran!
- Hello. - It's Pokhran! It's in Rajasthan.
- Hello? - Around 100 kms from Jaisalmer.
Hello?
- What's the Buddha? - The Buddha...
I don't know.. I don't know yet.
It could be a code for a place or a... Or a day.
Hello... Hello? Hello!
- Buddha Purnima. - What?
- Buddha Purnima! - Buddha Purnima?!
When is it?
Today.
F**k!
Sir, will this work?
Of course, this will jump start the generator.
Cable...
Where's the cable, Kalam?
- Sir, you clear the jeep. - Right.
Sir, Mathur. We have it.
It's Pokhran and he says it's today.
Today.
I need to see the director.
Call Moynihan. He needs to know that we f*****g know
and he needs to tell Gandhi that we know.
Go, call.
Sabharwal sir, has the jeep been cleared?
Affirmative, affirmative!
The storm is subsiding. How much longer now?
We have to be careful, Kalam.
One wrong move and the bomb will blast here.
You ready?
Yes, sir. Good.
Oh my god, oh my god!
All good here, sir. What about your end?
Nothing yet, Kalam.
Yes, you've done it.
You have just 2 minutes to get back.
- Okay, sir. - Go, go, go, move, move!
Where is she?
Coming.
Come in.
Sir, we have a telex.
It's from BARC.
Madam Prime Minister...
I know.
The ambassador has come.
Sir, they're coming.
Kalam, you okay?
Well done, well done my boy.
- Iyengar. - Okay sir
- Come. - All okay.
Fantastic, superb!
All okay, sir.
Gentlemen, it's time.
Bala..
- Dastidar? - Yes, sir?
Yeah!
Congratulations!
- Well done. - Great, bro!
We did it!
C'mon!
- Picture. - Congratulations.
What a goal.
Three cheers! Yeah.
I need to meet Mrs. Gandhi right now.
I have proof with me. This is not appropriate. You cannot...
Do not waste my time. This is unacceptable.
Ambassador, this is not...
Madam Prime Minister, you have misled me.
Mr. Ambassador, do come in.
Madam Prime Minister,
the Buddha is smiling.
What does it say?
Sir, it says that...
the bomb was scheduled for 8 AM IST.
And there's a message for us?
Yes, sir.
Well, what is it?
Sir, they say that uh,
we let you win the battle but we won the war.
"That time of dusk, When on the edge of light,
Two moments reconcile, That instant..
That is neither night nor day, Not tomorrow nor today,
That lives forever for a blink, That vanishes in a wink"
She practically gloated
and said it had been a successful PNE.
PNE?
A peaceful nuclear explosion, Mr. President.
Some heads will have to roll, Colby.
Whose is it going to be?
Looks like your leap of faith has paid off, Kalam.
Also, you're going to Delhi tomorrow.
- Madam wants to see you. - Sir..
DRDO will now
focus on the missile programme.
There can be a satellite launch too!
For both of which she will need A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Thank you, sir.
Sir, if it weren't for you,
Enough of your speeches for the day, Kalam.
Sir, today will not be forgotten.
We created history.
You'll have many more such days to come, Rocket Boy.
Let's go,
the team is waiting for a group photo.
We shouldn't be late for that.
Hey, come here!
Come here, you little dhokla!
Come...
Come here.
What, were thy lips the worse for one poor kiss?
- Stop quoting Shakespeare. - Never!
You know you're neither a good actor nor a scientist!
True. True.
Sir, we're ready for launch.
We'll just come, Kalam.
Sometimes I wonder
if we'll really achieve what we want.
No.
We won't.
That's okay...
As long as we keep trying.
And I know that Vikram Sarabhai will never stop trying.
That's why you gave me a chance at IISc.
I'll never forget that day.
You're a true leader, Homi.
Bhai says
A true leader prepares the country
for when he's gone.
Is that our purpose?
Your purpose is to find your purpose.
As told by Gautam Buddha.
Hmm.
You think one of the
main aspects of being a great man is
talking in convoluted sentences?
Believe me, Homi, nobody knows that better than me!
Because ever since I met you,
I have been suffering!
I am so clever, Vikram
that half of the time I don't even understand what I'm saying.
Neither do I, Homi.
Neither do I!