02x08 - Smiling Buddha

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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 g*n!

Bill?

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 b*mb.

- 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 b*mb'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 b*mb 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 b*mb 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 b*mb 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 w*r.

"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 expl*si*n,
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 m*ssile 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!