Parmanu: The Story of Pokhran Page #3

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but nothing escaped his eye.

Now tell me something

about Lord Krishna.

Mahabharata?

Pokhran is our battlefield.

And the satellites are the enemy,

Kauravas.

We need quality and not

quantity to win this war.

Five Pandavas were enough

to take on the hundred Kauravas.

Only one member will be our point

of contact from each organization.

Nobody else will know

anything about this mission.

The eldest brother....

BARC.

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

which will provide us with the bombs.

Our point of contact

there will be Yudhishthir.

Dr. Viraf Wadia.

The youngest scientist

to win the Presidential award.

What was your inspiration

behind Nuclear Energy Research?

An elevator. -An elevator?

-Yes.

What do you mean?

Few years ago,

I got stuck in an elevator.

And I couldnt breathe.

That's when I decided that this

country needs unlimited power supply.

Hopefully, one day, there

will be no power cuts in India

and no one will get stuck

in an elevator.

Next. Arjun.

Our defense lab, DRDO.

They will supply detonators

needed for setting off these bombs.

Dr. Naresh Sinha.

He is with the DRDO

for the last 30 years.

Have you seen my wallet?

I had kept it right here.

Where has it gone?

-Naughty!

-Your wallet!

Its in your pocket and

youve been looking all over the place.

You launch huge missiles for the country

yet you can't remember

where you kept your wallet.

Have I forgotten anything else?

Your glasses.

Bheem.

Major Prem from the army.

He is already stationed

at the Pokhran range.

He's the most capable officer

for this mission.

Is this bunker at 135 degrees?

Major Prem?

Dont you know he was a part of

our previous failed mission?

Failure teaches a man many things.

Sir, he is already aware of

the technical problems of the range.

Sir, haven't you given

me a second chance?

Puru Ranganathan.

From the Indian Space Agency.

He is the man who will make our

schedule satellite proof...

our Sehdev.

He is a true patriot.

He could have taken up job offers

from many international space

agencies in America, Russia, Germany.

But he declined them all.

Our last Pandava,

Nakul, Intelligence Services.

He will help us keep

on ground situations a secret. RAW.

But they are always under the radar

of the CIA and other spy agencies.

The security of this entire mission

depends on this man.

The base of our mission

will be the Pokhran Fort

and she will make

this place secure for us.

You will go there as officers

of the Archaeological Survey of India.

I will get the IDs ready.

Ambalika, the IDs will

not bear our original names.

So am I Nakul?

Nice name for a girl.

And what is your name?

Hmm...

Krishna.

Krishna Joshi.

Our guide.

Our leader.

I'll make travel and accommodation

bookings in the names of the Pandavas.

-It would be safe that way.

-Sir, who is this?

Siddhant.

He is a martyr.

But you dont get your hopes up.

All the credit will go

to the scientists and engineers.

Sir, you might have misunderstood me.

This is the only place

worth visiting in this desert.

And they have closed

it for the public.

What is this country coming to?

Come on, move.

This place is closed.

-Let's go.

-Hey!

Move back.

Move back.

-Let him through.

-Move back.

-Move back. Move back.

-Can't you see?

The fort is being secured.

It will be done by tonight.

I dont think we should secure

the guest house.

The locals might get suspicious.

Listen, Im responsible

for your security.

This is what happened in 1995 as well.

The scientists and engineers

were accompanied by guards everywhere. Only you and I will have cell phones.

Is the team here?

It's so hot in here, how will we work?

This isnt a hill station.

Try being in an army bunker,

this cooler will feel like

an air conditioner.

Inspite of being a scientist,

I don't know how to operate a fax machine.

I don't know what the problem is.

Let me check,

might be some issue with the circuits.

Ashwat Raina.

Ashwat, you know everyone here.

Shall we start?

Get used to it.

There's a lot of dust there.

Pokhran range.

We have to test not one

but six nuclear bombs

in the next 30 days.

And that too in secret.

These three shafts are

already present in the range.

White House, Taj Mahal

and Kumbhkaran.

But they are now filled with water.

And it won't be easy

to remove the water

as they are almost 250 meters deep.

And what about the other three shafts?

We do not have time to dig new shafts.

which we can use.

They should be ready

one week before the tests.

So that I can assemble

the bombs in the prayer hall

and install them in the shafts.

We have to connect the bombs

to the control room with cables.

Inside the control room,

there will be six safety locks.

The plan looks easy, but it will be

difficult to keep this mission covert.

Three American satellites have been

hovering over us since 1995.

But there is a gap of a few hours

as these satellites swap positions.

During this gap, no one is able

to see what is happening on the range.

Every day, we will

get two such blind spots.

One during day,

the other at night.

We will do the work during

the blind spot at night.

It gets scorching hot during the day and

Pokhran gets lots of sandstorms. You will be given new pass codes

every day to enter the range.

Today's pass code.

"Embrace me

for we might never get this night back."

Exactly.

Er.. you mean,

a new pass code every day?

Uh-huh.

And you will only address

each other with your code names.

Remember?

Nakul.

Bheem. Yudhishthir.

Sehdev.

I am...

The archer..

Arjun.

Arjun. Yes, Arjun.

And remember, code names and

pass codes are extremely important.

There are spies everywhere.

We will wear army uniforms

while working on the range.

So that the local villagers

do not get suspicious.

We have ordered

uniforms for all of us.

It is imperative to cover the tracks

of our activity on the range.

So that when the second satellite

returns to the orbit

everything appears normal to them.

By the way,

do you know what Pokhran means?

You always wanted

to join the army, right?

There is something

about these uniforms.

Why dont we cover ourselves

with blankets instead?

We are dying in the heat anyway.

How do I work in these loose pants?

Should I concentrate on

my pants or the satellites' orbit?

Doesnt Major sound more senior?

Do you have any idea

how difficult the life of a soldier is?

You dont know the significance

of these uniforms

which you are getting, for free.

-You...

-Major.

Please consider us as members

of your unit for the next few days.

We are all new to this situation.

We will try our best to

become worthy of this uniform...

by the end of this mission.

The ground trembles

As we stride ahead

There is no stopping us now

Fulfilling our duties

With our heads held high

We refuse to bow down

The ground trembles

As we stride ahead

There is no stopping us now

Fulfilling our duties

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