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You haven't got your pension since the last three months?
They say some of us claimed more than we had a right to.
They dare to talk about rights.
Didn't we have the right to live?
Kamruddin sahab, and my little boy?
And how much are you getting?
Rs. 300 a month.
Just 300?
Excuse me.
The houses have roofs, but the gutters are open.
Three people died of cholera last year.
You better keep your nose covered.
The gas is gone from the city.
But we still have to cover our faces.
Which one is your house?
That one. 1918.
The people whose children found jobs,
they put their houses on rent and left.
Their sons will support them.
Who is going to take care of me?
Noman, don't go outside the colony.
Ms. Janglay.
I've been looking for you all over Rail Sadan.
I apologize.
For showing up without an appointment.
And you are?
Well, ma'am, you can call me Mirza.
But who are you?
Ms. Janglay, the fact that I'm here talking
to the Director General of Railways late at night,
I am someone.
Security--
All right, whoever you are, you need to make an appointment.
Right now, I'm very busy.
There's a toxicologist, Mr. Alex Braun.
And he's on his way to Bhopal with your help.
Carrying sodium thiosulfate.
And, as you know,
sodium thiosulfate is used in cases of cyanide poisoning.
And if this antidote is used to treat the people of Bhopal,
then you can imagine the unnecessary panic it would create.
And the fact that Carbide's gas has cyanide,
if this information gets out,
that would be very troubling for my clients.
And my clients are very keen on expressing their support for you.
And their support…
is quite considerable.
I'm very grateful to you for conveying your client's message to me.
Thank you, Ms. Janglay.
Could you convey a small message to them from me, please?
Why, of course.
Tell them to fuck off.
And if I see your face again,
I'll have you arrested, Mirza.
Good luck, Ms. Janglay. But I never said that was my name.
Mr. Braun is with you?
Yes, Mr. Braun is here. Everything is ready.
Almost done loading the plane.
-The flight's on time? -Departure's in 25 minutes.
Thank you, Prasiddh.
Don't worry about it, Rajeshwari. Glad to be of help.
Excuse me.
Have the vials been loaded?
-Moving towards the runway, sir. -Copy that.
Anything we should know? Flammable, unstable?
No, no. This is sodium thiosulfate. It's medical grade.
Very well secured in sealed vials.
It's perfectly safe to transport by flight.
Well, then you should head to the gate. I'll walk you.
Yeah, hello?
Hello, Mr. Madsen?
Yeah, who is this?
This is Kumawat.
-And I'm a-- -Fucking reporter!
I know what all you are talking in there.
You're deciding whether to call this incident an accident
or sabotage or worker negligence.
You wanted to claim that you ran a world-class facility
and this unfortunate incident was beyond your control.
It's a good defense. Very good defense, I must admit.
But I have in my hand a copy of a report
from two years back.
By a gentleman named C.S. Tyson.
You knew.
Carbide knew… there were hazards,
potentially life-threatening hazards.
And you did nothing.
That's culpable in any court in the world.
You have a copy of the 1982 safety report.
Yes.
Oh, my God. And here I thought you actually had something.
-Can you read? -Of course I can read.
Then go to page 78.
It's an addendum to the original report.
A reply by the Bhopal factory to the HQ in the US.
It exonerates us, Mr. Kumawat.
It says that we rectified the mistakes,
that this was beyond our control.
The document in your hand is not going to condemn Carbide,
but save us.
You're not bringing that to court.
We are.
Pandey-ji, there's someone there who's still alive. Pandey-ji?
Pandey-ji?
Pandey-ji!
Unit 8, come in.
Unit 8, come in. Unit 8.
Unit 8, can you hear me?
Unit 8, come in!
I'm here near the old mosque, sir. Go ahead.
Listen carefully. A message has to be delivered to Bhopal Junction.
A relief train is coming from Itarsi.
I repeat, a relief train is coming from Itarsi.
Platform 1 should be clear.
I repeat, platform 1 should be clear.
Unit 8, come in. Unit 8.
-How many people were in the car? -Unit 8, can you hear me?
Let's get out of here!
Sir, did you get the message or not? Do you copy?
Why the hell is the train not moving?
If we remain stuck here…
the Gorakhpur or the relief train will crash into us.
No one will survive.
Don't know what the fuck is happening.
Can't go forward, can't go back.
We're so screwed.
What do we do, SM sir?
The waiting hall window's broken too.
SM sir… What do we do, sir?
I'll tell you what we should do. It's really very simple.
First, tell the people in the carriage the engine is not working.
Let them look out for themselves and…
They'll go their way and we'll go our way. Let's just get out of here.
Am I right or not, bhai?
I haven't… slept…
for ten whole years.
I spent my days…
and nights haunted by nightmares.
And it's all because…
I couldn't save a life.
He was just eight years old.
The boy.
Right before my eyes.
Just a few more steps…
I could've saved him.
Just a few seconds more…
I would've pulled him up.
If only I had chosen him over myself…
I'd sleep peacefully.
Just one life…
robbed me of my sleep.
And here there are 100 lives at stake.
If they don't survive,
I don't know how… I don't know how I'll be able to live with it.
Those of you who wish to leave, go ahead, please.
As long as I'm alive…
I'm not going anywhere.
No.
Prasad… Prasad, it's coming from the north, right?
Go-- Gorakhpur Express! Take the walkie! Release the brakes.
Sir, the train will be speeding and it'll crash into us!
I'll open the carriage and get everyone out.
No, Imad, no, no, no.
Imad, we just got one more chance to save them.
The Gorakhpur is supposed to stop here. It'll slow down anyway.
Then we can connect the Gorakhpur to our carriage and get everyone out of here.
We just have to signal to the pilot that there's danger here.
-Sir, I'm going. -Where are you going? Huh?
Sir, remember what you told me?
That you never get another chance to make it right.
Well, I've got one, sir.
All the communication lines are down because of me.
Only after I set off the detonators
will the pilot get the signal and apply the brakes.
I was very wrong in judging you, Prasad.
Forgive me if you can. Hmm?
Sir.
-Imad? -I got it, sir.
I'm going to clear the way for the Gorakhpur to leave.
I'll change the south side signal to green.
-That will give the pilot the all clear. -Okay.
Sir…
My family's coming on the Gorakhpur Express.
A woman, a little girl and a baby.
Please keep them safe, sir.
And, sir, tell them Imad will be right back.
You'd come here for some other purpose, right, constable?
Sir?
The Express Bandit isn't planning to show up here tonight, is he?
No, sir. No.
The station needs your help, constable.
Can I… Can I trust you?
You can trust me more than this uniform, sir.
-Guard sahab… -What's wrong?
Did he get on? Is he all right?
Guard sahab has been stabbed in the back.
We've almost reached Bhopal.
Hey, Salima, look. You can see the station.
Detonators!
Constable, Prasad came through for us.
The train is coming!
Hey! Hey! Stop!
Hey! Stop! Brake!
Stop! Hey!
Abbu, a train has come.
Passengers on the Gorakhpur Express,
stay inside the train! Your lives are in danger.
Do not come outside!
There's Misrod.
We're almost there.
Come on.
Speed up, master. We have to get past Misrod quickly.
The people at Bhopal won't last much longer without the relief. Come on.
The Chhindwara Mail has been rerouted.
The goods train has been stopped at Vidisha.
-The Indore down track's closed. -Why's the Narmada Special still moving?
We just missed it at Akodia.
Everyone pay attention! There is no room for mistakes right now.
Minister sahab has given the order that no train should reach Bhopal.
It's green. Go fast.
Come on, come on. Faster.
Sir, please, one minute.
Sir, it's the Misrod stationmaster.
He said the GM special is on its way. It's heading towards them from the south.
This man never listens. Stop him! Stop him!
Okay, got it. I'll do it right away. Don't worry.
Hey, Mishra! Turn the signal red!
-Stop the train! -Okay, sahab.
Why isn't it slowing down?
Why isn't he slowing down?
Mishra! Change the track!
-Switch it to the siding now! -Okay, sahab.
Come on, come on.
What the hell is he doing?
Rati Pandey is only a few kilometers away.
He has doctors and railway staff with him
and they all volunteered to go there.
If they die, who'll be accountable? You or I, Rajeshwari?
Sir, maybe it won't come to that.
There is a cure for the effects of this gas. An antidote.
-Sodium thiosulfate. -Oh, that German?
Uh… Alex Braun.
-You know about him? -Everyone knows.
He's been detained at Delhi airport.
He's being deported back to his country right now.
Someone tipped off the authorities about him.
Don't you ever read your memos?
Mirza.
Sir, Rati has doctors onboard.
And Braun has the antidote.
We can administer that antidote as soon as it reaches--
Stop talking like some clueless member of the public.
How can the government heed the advice of some foreigners
and administer a random antidote to patients?
Attention! Attention!
-Salima! Wait for me! -Wait inside the train.
Don't come out!
Wait! Pay attention!
Where are you going? Get inside!
-What's going on? -There's poison in the air!
Take your family and get inside!
-There's poison in the air! -Salima?
Please listen carefully!
-Everyone, cover your faces! -Listen to the announcement!
Listen to what he's saying!
-Stop pushing! -Close the windows!
-Tie a cloth around your face! -Remain in your seats!
-Close the windows! -The train is going to leave right now.
-SM sir! SM sir! -Imad, what happened?
The signal is green. The track is clear for the train.
-Where do we go? Come on. -Get back on the train!
Well done, Imad! Now you can come back here.
Get on the train, look for your family! Your shift is over, Imad.
-Ammi! -Salima? Salima!
What's going on? What happened? Our guard is injured. He needs a doctor.
These people were also attacked. How'll we help them?
No, we can't do anything for them here.
The train cannot stop here.
There are 100 people in that carriage and there are thousands on this train.
If we wait here, everyone will die.
How can we leave before the scheduled time?
Here's your order. Take it.
I'm responsible for breaking protocol.
-You just follow the orders. -Yes, sir.
I'll connect the carriage. You start the train immediately.
Constable, get everyone inside! The train is about to leave!
Yes, sir. Everyone, inside! Hurry up!
Get up! Get up!
Come on! Get inside. Get inside. Close the door.
The station staff have almost done it.
Get inside. Hurry--
What's happening? Hey! Hey! Easy! Easy!
Where did they come from?
Sir, now even more people have come.
Pilot…
-Give me three more minutes. -Yes, sir.
Whatever happens after that, you get the train out of here.
Okay, sir.
Pilot, just three minutes.
Get on the train!
The train's about to leave! Get inside! Get on the train!
Get in, everyone!
Come on! Come on! Get inside!
Hey! Hey!
This way!
Get inside! The train is leaving!
Sir! Sir! Where did they come from?
-They are the Ijtema pilgrims. -Huh?
Ijtema pilgrims. The train will leave in three minutes.
-Get everyone inside! -Sir!
You handle things here. I'll go to the back of the train.
Okay. So many-- Sir! Careful!
Sir, your walkie! Sir!
Come on, everybody, get in!
Move aside!
Open the door!
Get inside! Get inside! Come on, get inside!
Come on! Come on! Don't push! Careful!
Come on! Don't push! Don't push! Get inside! Come on!
Cover your faces! Come on! Keep moving!
Thank you for trying.
I'm sorry, I couldn't do more.
And I'm not just talking about today.
Rajeshwari…
I know I've been blaming you for everything all this while…
But the truth is, I'm the reason that I lost my job.
You couldn't have done anything more.
I could've fought a little harder.
-But I was more concerned about my job. -No.
I was asking you to put your career on the line.
I had no right to do that.
I'm sorry, Rajeshwari.
Forgive me if you can.
Please come back, Rati.
Come home.
Where else will I go…
other than my home?
But before that…
I have to do something.
All right.
Master, prime the engine.
-We're leaving right away. -Okay, sir.
Sir, what are you doing? I have orders. There's no way I can let you leave.
Really?
How do you plan on stopping me?
I don't see anybody from the RPF here.
And as far as he's concerned, he volunteered to come here.
Sir, it's Benedict from Itarsi. It's urgent. He wants to talk to you.
-Yeah, Benedict. What's happening? -They're coming, sir.
From all over.
They've all revolted, sir.
Tore up the orders and tossed them in the bin.
The news spread all through the Railways.
Everyone heard you'd been stopped by the higher-ups.
Now they all want to join you.
Also, sir, a relief train has left from Jhansi.
A goods train is on its way from Jabalpur.
And a Medical Special from Indore.
They're coming from everywhere, sir.
They're all coming.
Thank you, Benedict.
No, no, no, no, no! Wait, wait!
Don't close the door! No, no, no!
Open the door! Open the door!
It's time now.
Keep moving! Keep moving!
Come on, the train is about to leave! Come on!
The train is about to leave. Go to the guard's cabin!
Come on, everyone.
Guard's cabin!
Come on!
The guard's…
Help him! Help him! Help him!
We'll reach Misrod in no time.
We'll get you treated there.
-I'm very sorry. -It's okay.
Everything will be fine.
We'll reach Bhopal Junction very soon.
The train's about to leave! Get in!
The train's leaving, hurry!
Come on! Everyone, keep moving! Come on! Come on!
Get inside! Get in!
Get inside!
Get up. Come this way.
Come on. Hey, help her get in.
Come on. Get inside. Get in.
You should come in too, sir. Get on.
Come on, sir! Come in!
-Con-- Constable? -Yeah?
-From Itarsi… Relief train… -Huh?
One…
-Platform number one. -Number one?
-Yeah. -Get in. Come on! Come, get in!
Oh, hell. Fucking shit.
Shit.
Come this way!
Come on, get in.
Hurry up! Hurry up!
Come on. Get in.
Hello, Imad?
Imad, can you hear me?
-Yes, tell me, constable. -Stay wherever you are.
Listen carefully. A train will be arriving on platform number one.
Huh?
-How do you know this? -A policeman told me about it.
It's coming from Itarsi.
They must be sending the relief.
But the Gorakhpur has already left from here.
And they're both on the up line, so they're on the same track.
So, how do we stop it? Tell me. Imad?
Imad, what should we do?
The stationmaster isn't here. I don't know what to do.
Imad?
Imad!
It's okay, girls.
We are okay.
Sir, there's no sign of Gorakhpur anywhere.
Ammi! Ammi! Ammi!
Did you hear that?
It's on the same track! Stop!
Salima!
Salima! Salima!
My family's coming on the Gorakhpur Express.
A woman, a little girl and a baby.
Please keep them safe, sir.
This is my city, my neighborhood.
If something happens, my people will die.
Sir! Sir! Sir, it's me. Sir!
I couldn't…
save everyone.
No…
A relief train from Itarsi is on its way.
Your messa… Your message… They got your message, sir.
Sir, the train… Sir, the train is here.
You saved everyone, sir. You saved everyone…
Madam, don't take the mask off.
Where is he?
Your son is doing fine.
The doctors are keeping him under observation.
They'll bring him to you in a little while.
Please make my son wear this.
May Allah keep him safe.
Thank you, Kumawat bhai.
Nurse.
The baby's going to be fine, right?
The mother was in a bad shape.
The baby's oxygen was cut off for a long time.
There could be white-matter brain injury.
Even if he survives, there could be neurological complications. We can't say.
Nurse…
Please.
We belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return.
-Bhaiya. -Hmm?
That lullaby Ma used to sing for us, what was the tune?
Please remind me.
-You remember-- -No, I don't.
♪ O gentle sleep ♪
♪ Fill my eyes with sweet dreams ♪
♪ O gentle sleep ♪
♪ Take away these dark nights ♪
♪ Come to me, come to me ♪
♪ Take the night away, take it away ♪
♪ O gentle sleep ♪
♪ Fill my eyes with sweet dreams ♪
♪ These broken dreams ♪
♪ Make them whole again ♪
♪ Together we shall ♪
♪ Make the dawn glow with bright light ♪
Does Rati Pandey think the Railways is his personal property?
He's landed up in Bhopal.
Do one thing, Rajeshwari.
Give me all the names of the people who are involved in this.
Especially the ones who have set out to be heroes.
Let's make an example out of them.
A scandal like this will lead to an enquiry, Rajeshwari.
-It is extremely important-- -That we find a scapegoat.
I understand, sir.
You'll have my resignation by this evening.
These men have risked their lives to go to Bhopal…
so they could save their own people.
They don't deserve to go to jail for that.
I take responsibility for failing to communicate your orders correctly.
It's my fault. It's my incompetence. And it's my neck.
Don't you care about your job.
I care very much.
That's why I'm doing this.
♪ We shall breathe again ♪
♪ Hearts will beat again ♪
♪ On the branches of hope ♪
♪ A little bird will sing again ♪
♪ This world will come to flower again ♪
♪ Come to me, come to me ♪
♪ Take the night away, take it away ♪
♪ O gentle sleep ♪
♪ Fill my eyes with sweet dreams ♪
♪ O gentle sleep ♪
♪ Take away these dark nights ♪
♪ Come to me, come to me ♪
♪ O gentle sleep ♪
♪ Fill my eyes with sweet dreams ♪
-♪ O gentle sleep ♪ -♪ Come to me, come to me ♪
-♪ Take away these dark nights ♪ -♪ Come to me ♪
♪ Come to me ♪
Sir, the air is clear now.
Hmm.
-Master… -Sir.
Has the relief we brought reached the hospitals?
-Yes, sir, it has. -Hmm.
Your kind attention please.
The Bhopal to Delhi relief train is scheduled to arrive on platform number 1.
Break open the safe.
Sahab.
-The money is all gone. The safe is empty. -What the hell are you saying?
There was more than one crore in there.
-Come on. -Now what can I say?
The stationmaster is nowhere to be seen.
His wallet is lying inside. Can't find the keys to the safe either.
What if the stationmaster himself…
-They keys must be with him. -Yes.
Looks like he took all the money and fled.
Bloody backstabbing traitor.
Come on. We have to report this to the GM right away.
Listen! Listen!
Listen, is stationmaster-sahab here? Stationmaster-sahab?
One minute, let him through. Let him through.
Iftekaar Siddiqui. Sir, he's my abbu and he hasn't come home.
Station staff… Kshitij Tiwari, Vishwas Bhardwaj,
Akshat Sharma, Vijaya, Yogendra.
Um…
And the last two people found on the tracks…
On the north side ASM Ishwar Prasad
and south side loco pilot… Imad Riaz.
I'm sorry, bhaisahab. We didn't find any other staff here.
The bodies that we couldn't identify, they've been taken to the grounds.
You can go check over there.
I don't know what you've heard about me,
but I don't tolerate baseless accusations against my own people lightly.
Sir, Stationmaster Siddiqui has disappeared.
He was the one who had the keys last night.
Now he's gone. So has the money.
Sir, the safe was empty!
Inspector, was the safe empty when you saw it?
Uh, no, sir, I… I was standing outside.
So you accused a railway employee for no reason, huh?
Open your eyes and take a good look around you!
Thousands more would've died
if they hadn't sent a signal from the block phone.
If they hadn't assembled this train.
If they hadn't dispatched the Gorakhpur.
Do you really think
that anyone but the stationmaster and his staff could've done all this?
Believe me, the safe was empty!
How am I supposed to know? I was standing outside.
So, where to?
Delhi.
I am going to Delhi as well.
This…
This city doesn't suit me at all.
This city isn't so bad, miya.
You just chose the wrong day to come here.
Night.
By the way…
You look as if you fought quite a battle last night.
Not yet, my friend.
The battle has just begun.
Your kind attention please.
The Bhopal-Delhi Relief Special leaving from Bhopal via Gwalior
to Delhi will be arriving on platform number 1.
Passengers are requested not to create chaos at the door
and to board in an orderly manner.
Iftekaar Siddiqui! Iftekaar Siddiqui!
Iftekaar Siddiqui!
From the earth did we create you,
and into it shall we return you,
and from it shall we bring you out once again.
Taking fullness from fullness,
fullness indeed remains.
Eternal peace for all of mankind.
Come, let's get another one.
-Come on, give me a hand. -Okay.
-Come on! Come on, go inside! -What the hell?
The train is leaving! Come on! Go inside!
Bhaisahab, come with us.
Get up. Bhaisahab, just calm down.
Just calm down, sir.
Bhaisahab, don't worry, come with us.
Look, you're fine. Just come with us! Please!
Don't they check the pulse?
This is the fourth person since morning.
Where do you live, sir?
-Sir, please get up? -Where am I? What's all this?
-Please come. -What is all this?
-Grab his hand. -Sir, calm down. Yeah, I'm doing it.
Check them! They're alive!
We have checked them, don't worry about it.
-No one is alive here. -Sir, sir, sir, please!
Hey! Hey, bhaisahab, wait!
Where are you going?
Sir, be careful! Get away from there! Come with us!
They must be alive.
-Sir, stop it. -Nobody's alive.
-You can see that. -Somebody save them!
We have checked everything. Come with us.
Abbu!
Are you okay?
-Huh? -Uh-huh.
Abbu, let's go home now.
Let's go home. Let's go home.
BHOPAL SITTING NEXT TO A VOLCANO
RAILWAY WORKERS MEMORIAL GAS TRAGEDY - 3 DECEMBER 1984
MEMORIAL 2-3 DECEMBER 1984
ISHWAR KUMAR PRASAD IMAD RIAZ - VIJAYA DEVI
Sir.
You seem busy, stationmaster sahab.
Constable?
I really thought you didn't survive that night.
Sir, I got out alive, but how did you…
Sir, I really thought you were a goner that night.
Well, there was someone who thought I was dead
and took the keys to the safe from my pocket.
Uh…
Sir, maybe… Maybe he couldn't find your pulse.
The amazing thing is that this guy…
took only the keys.
Not the money.
Tell me on thing, sir. The Indian Railways,
don't they give out any medals for bravery?
Why?
Sir, the things you did to save lives that night, I mean…
I was doing my duty, constable.
Hmm. Sir, I brought something for you.
This, uh…
What's this?
No, sir, actually, this note… This note belongs to you.
Consider this as your medal.
As you know, we make very good tea over here.
Yes.
-Let's have some team. -Sure, sir.
Uh, no, sir. Looks like the tea will have to wait.
Why?
Because that's my train, sir. I have to go.
Oh.
Don't rob anybody on this train, Mr. Express Bandit.
Otherwise I'll come after you.
Not the Express Bandit, sir.
Balwant Yadav.
Sohini, look who's here to see you.
Remember what you told me?
That you never get another chance to make it right.
There's another thing that's not working properly at Bhopal Junction.
Your clock is two minutes ahead.
Imad Riaz.