Spanning three crucial decades (1940-60s) in the history of India, the story chronicles the life of three great men responsible for launching India’s space and nuclear programs respectively: Dr. Hobi J. Bhabha, the architect of India’s Nuclear Programme, Dr. Vikram Sarabhai, universally acknowledged as the Father of the Indian Space Programme and Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, the pioneer of modern Indian aerospace and nuclear technology. The season traces the journey of Bhabha and Sarabhai coming to terms with the challenges facing a young, independent nation and their friendship, sacrifice and determination.
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00:55Oh, fuck.
01:23Do you see that lawyer representing us?
01:27Yes.
01:28He's the most sick, twisted son of a bitch you'll ever meet in your life.
01:32Who is that?
01:33My father.
01:37Hello, Daddy.
01:41How was that?
01:43My father.
01:48Romy Jahangir Baba and Vikram Ambala Sarabhai charged under Section 26 of the Defense of India Act.
01:57Your Honour, Mr. William Crenshaw III.
02:19Order! Order in the course!
02:21Order I'd say!
02:24Order I'd say!
02:28Your Honour, I saw these two men take down the flag of the British Empire and replace it with that rag.
02:47May it please, Your Honour.
02:50Mr. Crenshaw, you allege that you saw my clients.
02:55I don't allege. I saw them.
02:57Now, would Your Honour please refer to Exhibit A.
03:02These are the photographs of the Institute where the crime occurred.
03:07So where were you when this occurred, Mr. Crenshaw?
03:11In the courtyard.
03:12On the ground floor?
03:13Yes.
03:14And the flag was on the roof, which is on the sixth floor, right?
03:17Correct.
03:18Hmm.
03:20So you must have been carrying a pair of binoculars.
03:23But why would I carry binoculars?
03:26No binoculars.
03:28But you do admit that you saw my clients on the roof.
03:34I don't know how you managed that on a blazing summer morning with the sun shining in your eyes.
03:39Are you absolutely sure that you saw my clients on the roof?
03:43Well, maybe not on the roof.
03:46But I saw them later.
03:47So you didn't see them on the roof?
03:50Objection, Your Honour.
03:51May have a rule.
03:51Wait, go out.
03:53Your Honour, it is very clear that Mr. Crenshaw has wrongly accused Mr. Sarabai and Mr. Baba
03:59of a crime that nobody saw them commit.
04:02No.
04:03Order.
04:04Stop this at once.
04:05This is a cause of law.
04:07Order.
04:07Stop it now, all of you.
04:08Order line, sir.
04:10Order it, sir.
04:11Order.
04:12They did it.
04:15They had the motive.
04:16So did a hundred others.
04:17It could have been anyone from inside the IISC or from the outside.
04:21No, it was them.
04:24They wanted revenge.
04:25On the Union Jack.
04:28Order in the court.
04:29They wanted revenge on me because I punched that bastard on me, Baba.
04:38Your Honour, the gruesome bruise on my client's face is proof of Mr. Crenshaw's assault.
04:45My client should sue Mr. Crenshaw for assault, not to mention false accusation.
04:51But in the interest of saving the court's time and resources and whatever is left of Mr. Crenshaw
04:58and the public prosecutor's dignity, we would move that the court dismiss the case for sheer
05:03lack of evidence and quite frankly, Your Honour, common sense.
05:07Thank you, Daddy.
05:09If you have to say thank you, then tell your mother to your mother.
05:13After that, I have come here to save you.
05:14My mother.
05:15I have come here to save you.
05:16I know my father very well.
05:16I know my son very well Mr. Sarabhai.
05:21I have come here to save you, my mother.
05:25Everyone knows that my mother is more understood.
05:27I didn't want to do all of this.
05:30He didn't want to study all of this. It's all my fault, sir.
05:34I know my son very well, Mr. Sarabhai.
05:37No one can make him do anything that he doesn't want to do.
05:51Fight for! Fight for! Fight for! Fight for!
06:04Don't sit down.
06:06It's gone over, right?
06:09There's so much interest in the hero-giri, right?
06:11So tell your fans, drop it.
06:14I have a train to catch.
06:16Fight for! Fight for!
06:21Fight for! Fight for!
06:25Mom?
06:27In trouble again, boys?
06:51No.
06:52Oh!
06:57Thanks for listening!
06:59She's gonna talk about her and tell her.
07:01I'll see you next time.
07:03Oh!
07:05Oh!
07:06Oh!
07:07Oh!
08:09You lied to me.
08:16Maybe.
08:18I never trust a lawyer, homie.
08:21You remind me so much of my father.
08:39Oh, uh, I've reached.
08:47I don't know anything about you, Pipsy.
08:50Yeah.
08:53Yeah.
09:05Irani.
09:06Hmm?
09:07Parwana Irani, my whole name.
09:09That's the Parsi-est name I've ever heard in my life.
09:14Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
09:25What do you think of all of them?
09:37Friendship and Son Chubchabhara?
09:39And the rest of the donors?
09:41They have also taken their hands.
09:43I'm sure from the English, I'm sure.
09:45There.
09:47We had to think about the students about this before.
09:51There is no need to do so much.
09:54After a few days, everything will be fine.
09:57How?
09:59I'm presenting.
10:03What?
10:05The father and son will be able to do something.
10:07And the other donors will be able to do something.
10:09No, no, no, no.
10:11This is blackmail.
10:12This is blackmail.
10:13And how will it be done?
10:15There is no need to be done, sir.
10:17The institute is important.
10:19Your research is more important.
10:20No, Raman.
10:21This is your place.
10:22This place is nothing without you.
10:24It's not a thing.
10:25Sir, there is no need to resign from you.
10:26We can find other donors too.
10:28Yes.
10:29There are also people who are not in English.
10:30Who?
10:31How about the king of Mysore?
10:32Right.
10:33The king of Mysore?
10:34Yes, sir.
10:35You must find them more than scientists.
10:36It's not a time to convince each other.
10:39It will take a lot of months.
10:45Your research time will be wasted.
10:47Something else then, sir.
10:48We must find no solution.
10:50After all, we are scientists, problem solvers.
10:53Every problem is not solved scientifically.
10:59With as little a web as this,
11:02I will ensnare as great a fly
11:06as Casio.
11:11Oh, Shakespeare!
11:13Othello!
11:14Othello?
11:15Who wants to play Othello?
11:16I play Diago.
11:18And I was astounding.
11:19What are you talking about?
11:21Shakespeare in the park.
11:22Well, I was at Cambridge.
11:23What a beautiful evening.
11:25So many important people.
11:27At Desdemona.
11:28When your mind is filled with drama,
11:30we will find a solution.
11:31There was a fundraiser, Vikram.
11:36For the new library,
11:37all the funds were raised in one night.
11:41Can you do that work in Cambridge?
11:43Why not here in ISC?
11:44That's what I'm saying.
11:45Tata is also in Bangalore.
11:46And don't forget the king of my soul.
11:48How could I forget the king of my soul?
11:50What happened?
11:53Hamlet?
11:54No, no.
11:55King Lear?
11:56No, no.
11:57Maybe something lighter, yeah.
11:59Macbeth?
12:00Ramayan!
12:01Ramayan!
12:02Ramayan!
12:03Ramayan!
12:04You have won 100% of your soul.
12:05I like it.
12:06It will be fun.
12:07Ram and Ravan will also get you.
12:09Why am I Ravan?
12:10I'm just a problem.
12:11What?
12:12Who will be Ravan?
12:13Ram and Ravan will also get you.
12:14Why are I Ravan?
12:15It's just...
12:16They have a problem.
12:18What?
12:19Who will be Ravan?
12:21Sita who will be Ravan?
12:22Who will be Tita?
12:37As I was saying to you,
12:39it will be our best if you perform this prestigious dance troupe in our institute.
12:46Is there any Utsav?
12:47Yes, Utsav is not,
12:50but due to some problems,
12:53we are doing a fundraiser.
12:58Nurtingo!
12:59Wenda!
13:01As a matter of our donors,
13:03they have a lot of...
13:04You are Nudra's brother,
13:06and I am Bapu's brother.
13:08That's why I would like you to welcome you.
13:12My colleagues will leave you to the outside.
13:14Guruji,
13:16you understand correctly?
13:18We are doing this for you,
13:19we are doing this for you,
13:20we are doing this for the students of the ISE.
13:23What do you mean?
13:25Why?
13:26What are you doing?
13:27What are you doing?
13:29What are you doing?
13:30What are you doing?
13:31Now, Ram Gopal Ji,
13:33there is no proof in the court,
13:35but Gandhi Ji,
13:37as inspired by this nail,
13:38we have put a union jack on the back of the union jack.
13:46Now,
13:47if you have not closed in jail,
13:49then the English people have closed the funding of our institute.
13:52Yes,
13:53we are doing a lot of work.
13:55That's why we need your help.
13:57That's why we need your help.
13:59Do you have any questions?
14:05Why didn't you tell us before?
14:07You are both Krantikari.
14:08Krantikari is in our flesh.
14:11Yes, we are Krantikari.
14:13Krantikari.
14:14What do you want to do?
14:15Ramayana.
14:20Mangal Bhavan,
14:21Mangal Hari.
14:23Dravosu Dasharat,
14:25Ajir Bihari.
14:32Was that a yes?
14:34I'm pretty sure it was.
14:43Oh,
14:44you know,
14:45the Hussu.
14:46The Hussu is a tool.
14:47If you think of the Hussu what
14:49does,
14:50you know,
14:50you have got a name.
14:51Or is it really a name?
14:52I'm pretty sure it's a name.
14:53You know,
14:54it's a name.
14:55I'm,
14:56I'm pretty sure it's a name.
14:57You have got a name.
14:58I'm pretty sure it's a name and I'm pretty sure it's a name.
14:59It's a name.
15:00My name is a name.
15:03It's a name.
15:04It's a sentence,
15:09It's a name.
15:11Listen.
15:12This is a good start.
15:14We'll have to find a long-term solution.
15:17What does it mean?
15:18It doesn't mean it's no guarantee, right?
15:20We'll be ready for Mysore Raja or Tata Institute to fund it.
15:25One problem at a time. Way one problem.
15:28Let's enjoy the show.
16:00This is a good start.
16:19Who is this?
16:21I don't know.
16:24This is a good start.
18:46Look deeply into her eyes and say, I could be your dance floor, baby.
18:54Please, Humid, you're listening to me.
18:56This will work.
18:57What's the matter?
18:58Don't live. I'll just be myself.
19:00No, no, no, no, Vikram.
19:02No.
19:03Anything but that.
19:05What does it mean?
19:05Be literally anyone else.
19:06Otherwise, she'll go.
19:08Why will she go?
19:09She's leaving.
19:11She won't leave.
19:12I'm telling you, she's literally leaving as we speak.
19:16What did you do?
19:17I'm going to take care of you.
19:18I mean, I'm just cool, yeah.
19:21Vanish.
19:23But I think you recovered quite quickly, yeah.
19:25Yeah.
19:26That was okay.
19:26What are we drinking tonight?
19:33I mean, I'm just kidding.
19:37Sita!
19:41Sorry.
19:42Oh.
19:42I don't know your name and you were coming out, so I had to call you with stage name.
19:49I had to say something about you.
19:55Tell me.
19:59You are a very good dancer.
20:02What is Kamal's dance? I've been watching.
20:05And the wedding scene is my favorite.
20:08I mean, when I saw it, it was very impactful.
20:15I mean, I'll get married with you.
20:20Basically, you were great.
20:22Thank you. You were great too.
20:27The lights?
20:31Vikram Sarabhai, right?
20:33Yes, yes.
20:34I didn't know Guruji.
20:36I have a great connection with Guruji.
20:38I know my sister Guruji.
20:40And I thought...
20:42Do you see pictures?
20:49Pictures?
20:53Yes, exactly.
20:55When did you see it?
20:57Saturday, 6 pm.
20:59Rex Picture Hall.
21:01Saturday is fine.
21:02Saturday is fine.
21:03Saturday is fine.
21:04Saturday is fine.
21:05I'll see you Vikram.
21:06I'll see you.
21:07I'll see you.
21:08Did you tell me your name?
21:10Khandan.
21:11I've heard Noor Jahan and Samshad Vegham's 9 songs.
21:16Pictures.
21:17I'll see you.
21:18I'll see you.
21:19I'll see you.
21:20Noor Jahan and Samshad Vegham's 9 songs in the picture.
21:23I'm enjoying it.
21:25The picture's name is The Things To Come.
21:28I thought you'd be interested in science fiction.
21:30Yes, absolutely.
21:32I'm very interested.
21:34I'll see you.
21:35But...
21:36I'm not...
21:37I'm not...
21:38I'm not...
21:39I'm not...
21:40I'm asking you.
21:43Mrinalini.
21:47Bye Vikram.
21:52Mrinalini.
21:53Mrinalini.
22:05How many times have I told you to let down those curtains?
22:08Why?
22:09They've all gone off to work.
22:12You heard me.
22:13Let them down.
22:16What's the matter?
22:17Afraid I'll shock the Duchess.
22:20Don't you suppose she's ever seen a French postal card?
22:26You'll let those curtains down before the last past.
22:28You'll let her.
22:29OK.
22:30Hmm.
22:32Get out of there.
22:33What's the idea?
22:35What?
22:37Getting in that barrel.
22:39Oh, I don't know.
22:41Maybe I'm going to...
22:43Shh.
22:51This is the typical misrepresentation.
22:53What's the problem?
22:55What's the problem?
22:57This is a film.
22:59It's very inaccurate.
23:01Shh.
23:03It's a science fiction film.
23:05In the world of fiction, there's something else.
23:07Then the title is wrong.
23:09Our future won't be like that.
23:11And how would you know?
23:13I know because I'm a scientist.
23:15These are not the things to come.
23:17Things to come.
23:19Raymond Massey seems to think so.
23:21I'd like to believe that.
23:23Raymond Massey.
23:25Giant aircrafts, underground cities,
23:27sleeping gas. What rubbish?
23:29You can't believe it.
23:31You can't believe it.
23:33You please enjoy the film.
23:35Hey, he's Miss Beving.
23:37If you want to see a picture,
23:39then shut up.
23:41Or you can leave.
23:43You want me to go?
23:45Yeah, you're creating a raqus.
23:47So you might as well just leave.
23:49Fine, I'll leave.
23:51Let's go.
23:53What are you doing?
23:55Let's go!
23:57Let's go.
23:59Wait, come.
24:01Who's here?
24:03You're leaving?
24:05It's awesome.
24:07Okay.
24:09You're leaving.
24:11You're leaving.
24:13I should be leaving.
24:14Go for it.
24:15I should be leaving.
24:17Let's go.
24:19I'm really sorry. I should not be able to behave like this.
24:28Please, but I should not be able to see science there.
24:32Right. Because there was nothing else in a film.
24:36There were so many artists in this film.
24:39I mean the music was good. The visuals were world class.
24:42You couldn't just enjoy a film for its art.
24:45I'm sorry Vikram. This was a mistake.
24:48This was a mistake.
24:51Hey Neni, listen to Minnali. You understand me wrong.
24:54Listen to me.
24:56It was just a film. You understand me wrong.
24:59No Vikram, maybe you understand me wrong.
25:02The person who can't respect you, he will respect me.
25:07Come in homie.
25:18What is this?
25:23What is this?
25:26What is this?
25:30What is this?
25:31What is this?
25:32What is this?
25:33What is this?
25:34What is this?
25:35You can start the funding from this.
25:37It's one of the reasons I'm doing it.
26:00Mikra, Mr. Batuy.
26:11Sarabhai?
26:20Um, so...
26:23I have news.
26:30Is it just about Sita or in general?
26:37The film was so bad.
26:40The film was illogical and I became bad.
26:43Anyway, I wanted to tell you that...
26:47You don't understand.
26:49It's like...
26:51It's like gravity.
26:54No matter where I go, what I do, I feel this constant attraction.
26:57This pull towards that I just can't resist.
26:59Yes.
27:00It's like...
27:01She has her own magnetic field.
27:03Yes.
27:04So gentle.
27:05Yes.
27:06I didn't know I could feel this way about someone until I met her.
27:08Tell me more.
27:10She puts lights on things I didn't know about myself.
27:14Are you gonna kiss me, Vikram?
27:17Okay, so then go and tell her. Why are you telling me?
27:22Seriously?
27:23Should I?
27:24Go, come on, seriously.
27:25Yes.
27:27But...
27:28Maybe you want to change.
27:29Sorry.
27:30Yeah, you smell like old noodles.
27:33You want to talk about something?
27:34It can wait.
27:38It's not so important.
27:40Hello?
27:41Hello?
27:42Hello?
27:43Mrinalani?
27:44Vikram?
27:46Look, I'm really, really, very, very sorry.
27:48I know it's my mistake.
27:50I behaved very badly.
27:51I was...
27:52I...
27:53But...
27:54I just...
27:55I just want to meet you once.
27:58Please.
28:00Please.
28:01Once again, listen to me.
28:03If you want to talk about it, you don't have to talk about it.
28:05Don't ever see me again.
28:07But just meet me once.
28:10Please.
28:11Have you sent me this book, Vikram?
28:24Please go.
28:27You want to show something?
28:30Come.
28:41My world is my favourite place.
28:51Are you coming here often?
28:53Yes.
28:56I'll take someone with me first.
29:02Okay, about the film...
29:03With him, please.
29:05No, I'm not trying to justify my bad behavior.
29:08I'm just...
29:09I want to tell you something about yourself.
29:16Okay.
29:18As long as I can remember,
29:20I've always had this dream.
29:25This dream to send a rocket into space.
29:28I want to send it...
29:30Right up there.
29:32Beyond the common line.
29:34And the world will see.
29:39And you will see.
29:42I'll do this for my country.
29:44One day.
29:48Then I will.
29:53I...
29:54Sound stupid.
29:57No.
29:58Not at all.
29:59I totally understand what you mean.
30:02In fact, I feel the same way.
30:05Not about rockets, of course.
30:10What is it?
30:15It's okay if you don't want to talk about it.
30:16I understand.
30:18I want to eat food all day.
30:23I know that people think dance is just a hobby.
30:26But I think that through this medium,
30:28I can create an awareness.
30:32Talk about the perils of dowie deaths.
30:36Female infanticide.
30:37Child marriage.
30:39There's also this play called,
30:40The Blue Lotus.
30:42That I want to direct some day.
30:46I'm sure you'll do it some day.
30:48So I do understand.
30:51It's not stupid.
30:59Did you know that x-rays were discovered accidentally?
31:02LSD, the psychedelic drug.
31:05Even penicillin,
31:06the life-saving antibiotic.
31:08These are all accidental discoveries.
31:11Okay.
31:13Sometimes,
31:14we get something like this,
31:18that we know our lives.
31:25Just accidentally.
31:29By chance.
31:32Like you.
31:41So what are you trying to say?
31:43I'm an accidental discovery?
31:45Or a psychedelic drug?
31:47What is love if it's not a mix of both?
32:01You guys are making a lot of représentikan.
32:04I feel really Nightmare.
32:07� Switzerland.
32:08The name is Shama.
32:09The name is Shama.
32:10The name is Shama.
32:12The name is Shama.
32:14No, no, no, no, no, no.
32:16Where are you taking care of the lab?
32:17The instruments are loaded into the lorry.
32:18They're sending all
32:24Bombay in the building.
32:26Thank you for that.
32:27He told you. He has resigned.
32:31He is leaving Bangalore.
32:45When did you decide this?
32:47Good morning to you too.
32:51When did you decide this?
32:53I talked with Raman.
32:57This is surely the only solution.
33:01But what do you need to resign?
33:03It defeats the whole purpose.
33:05If I do, I have to do Raman.
33:07Crenshaw had a condition.
33:09Don't leave Crenshaw's.
33:11The first fundraiser was a success.
33:13We will do it again.
33:15We will research or fundraisers.
33:19Where are you going?
33:21Nothing.
33:23Decide has happened.
33:25But I met with JRD Tata.
33:29After the fundraiser.
33:31Of course.
33:34It all makes sense now.
33:36He made you an offer, didn't he?
33:39No, it wasn't an offer.
33:41It was a chance at a grant.
33:45It's not going to be offered to me on a silver platter.
33:48You have to prove.
33:51You have to make a proposal.
33:53You have to compete with those people who have already stood.
33:59People like Raza Mehdi.
34:03Honestly, I think it's best for everyone.
34:07For everyone or for you?
34:08I mean?
34:09I mean, night to night, you have closed the entire cosmic unit.
34:13When we were this close to achieving a new particle.
34:15We've already done that, Vikram.
34:17We've done everything we could here.
34:19How can you say that, homie?
34:21Milikun took 15 years to send his first successful flight up.
34:25We're only two years ago.
34:26Imagine the discoveries we could have made together.
34:28The work that could have been done.
34:29I mean, the discoveries we could have made together.
34:30The discoveries we could have made together.
34:31The work that could have been done.
34:33It was good while it lasted.
34:35But nuclear fission and its application is the future.
34:38I thought you said Cosmic Raze was the future.
34:41It was the future.
34:43And maybe it's still your future.
34:46But it's not mine.
34:50If you want to do it, do it.
34:52Of course I will do it.
34:55Sounding balloons was the first step towards achieving my dream of sending a rocket up in space.
34:58And this was the only place I could have done it, homie.
35:02But it's not my personal projects.
35:06You're shutting down our research.
35:09All these years of hard work that these students have put in.
35:13All you have finished in a row.
35:15Why?
35:17Just because you got a shot at winning some grant.
35:21And you're pretending like you're doing this for IIC's benefit, Ramansa's benefit, or mine.
35:26I wish I had known, homie, that you were this selfish man.
35:28I am a selfish man.
35:30Happy?
35:32Had your tantrum?
35:34I got an opportunity or I took it.
35:36I took it.
35:37I know what it means to shut this place down, Vikram.
35:39I built it.
35:41But if the research can get better,
35:44at a better institute with better facilities,
35:46what's wrong with that?
35:47You've been assembling that rocket in your garage for months, for years in fact.
35:55I can't wait around for things to happen to me.
35:57My father is not going to write any recommendation letters.
36:04I am privileged.
36:07But at the time, I don't give my dreams to students.
36:11It's always about your personal glory and prestige.
36:19Hey, state-of-the-art facilities, better equipment,
36:21what are you going to do?
36:22Unless it's for something that really matters.
36:24Sir, you and I differ, Sarabhai.
36:27Pros and cons, moral obligations.
36:30If you have to measure the right and wrong,
36:33then the opportunity,
36:35it will go out.
36:36The train is leaving the station, my friend.
36:39Are you on it?
36:42Or have you been left behind?
37:00Or have you been left behind?
37:01Oh, God, how is this?
37:05Because you're leaving.
37:06Oh, God.
37:12There it is.
37:17Therefore, remember,
37:18remember to be closed today.
37:20From fast and время to move,