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Shane, any other news? - No, sir.

Margaret, could you please get me a coffee?

Sure, sir.

Our factory is right in the centre of these slums.

But this is chief minister's problem.. slums shouldn't be there.

Yes, l know that!

Sir, we should step back. That's the only way out.

l should not have trusted them.

Sort out the issue somehow.

We're trying our best.

Look. There.

Come in. Come on.

Move aside.

Come on.

Please give me some money. l will have to get the rickshaw fixed.

l won't pay you a penny.

Look..

Stop.

Stay there, l am coming.

Let's go.

Yes, come on.

All okay.

Another poem.

Because you're one in a million.

Our neighbors are jealous.

Yes, they are jealous. Because you're very beautiful.

Don't misbehave.

Where did you get the coal from?

lt's wet.

Sunder has stopped given credit as well.

And look here, flour.

Sister-in-law, he called me aunty.

Uncle Gopi sent this bread.

His guests are 18 hours late..

Has the cat got your tongue?

Let's go.

Come let's go..

What?

Eat it.

'The whole of lndia was praying for rain.'

'The country was struggling to fight against drought.'

'But there was also good news.'

'We had defeated the British in Cricket World Cup.'

'And in a small city like Bhopal..'

'..the Government was inviting an American company to start a factory..'

'..so that any poor man could find a job.'

'And l.. l started a newspaper after completing my graduation.'

'l am Motwani, the only owner and reporter of my newspaper.'

'People of Bhopal showed courage to accept Carbide..'

'..and l became their voice.'

'The world's second best Multinational company was in our city...'

'..with a promise of a bright future for us.'

'l wanted to be the voice of every man in Bhopal.'

'Even the people living on road sides.'

We have very little time, and so much work to do.

And then there's so much pressure.

Another visit.

Visit?

What is now?

We've to get rid of all this scrap.

Americans are coming.

Shankar. - Yes.

Fix the lock on this? - Yes, Rakesh.

Come, let's have some tea.

Hello, sir.

Hello, sir.

Open the gate.

Sir..

Sir, l will lift it.

Sir..

Move. Move.

Lift it!

Sir.. Sir, l'll do it..

Sir..

Me....me

Move. Move!

Sir, me..

Come on.

Keep moving. Come on. Faster.

Keep moving. Come on. Faster.

Faster. Keep moving.

Keep moving.

Jagdish.

Faster.

Kishna.

Mohan.

Dilip.

Ashok.

Wash the clothes properly. You can wear them later.

This is an old sari.

One sari each month.

What can l do?

Vegetables, flour, rice... l have bought the entire month's ration.

Did you take it on credit again?

l worked at the Carbide.

lt's flour.

Don't come home without taking a bath.

Raju.

Raju, sit here.

Wow! My sister's a really nice artist.

lt's really good.

The painting's really nice.

Now go inside and pray to God.

You'll find a suitable husband.

Take him too. - Come.

''Find a suitable husband.''

l had a word with aunty Kunti.

lt seems to be a good proposal.

Should l say yes?

Stop murmuring. She's your sister.

lt's a nice..

Babu.

Babu.

Come here.

Come on, pay up.

Greetings.

Come on, pay up.

Come.

What's this? Only this much?

And what about next week?

This is for this week. - Don't forget next week.

How long before the machines are fixed?

The parts will arrive from Mumbai in 2 days.

Hey...what are you still doing here?

What's going on?

Cleaning.

Get lost...

We do need someone for cleaning-up.

Do it.

l'll add a few extra hours in your pay.

Hey.

Don't be too hopeful!

Your X-Ray is normal.

Doctor, since l started working at Carbide, l've become ill.

All the chemicals used in Carbide aren't harmful for health.

Everything is normal. Next. Next.

Hey, bring the spanner - Sir, the safety valve is damaged.

We have to stop the production.

lf we need to increase production, MlC needs to be increased.

For 24 hours. - But how?

Join the tank, put pressure on the workers.

That's not possible. Maintenance is required.

The pipes are damaged due to acidic MlC.

There's leakage, dust and rust.

We are already changing the pipes every week. This is not possible.

We can't stop production for maintenance. - Sir..

Sir, l want to tell you something important.

Rakesh, tell me first. Don't you know the rules? You've been here for long.

Sir, my health is being affected due to the chemical in the lMC unit.

Quit smoking, you'll be alright. - But l don't smoke.

lf it was so dangerous..

..the factories wouldn't be close to schools and shopping malls.

l've seen overseas. - Sir, l... l...

These people will never change. You please come.

Move. Move.

What happened?

Administer Pulmonary ED to the carbide patient.

Good morning, sir.

The headline was very catchy, Motwani.

l almost lost my job because of you.

Didn't you read my apology? - Yes, l did.

ln some corner you wrote, Dr. Chandra never makes a mistake.

Cherry red blood. Symptoms of Cyanide poisoning.

Poison?! - l said, Cyanide. Mind it.

When it contracts with the skin, the MlC might burn the skin.

l said, it might burn the skin.

lf you print anything otherwise, l'll slit you open.

Do you mean to say you'll kill the only social worker of Bhopal?

By the way, who gives you such rumors and news?

l can't tell you that, sir.

Who is the first patient of today?

lt's carbide. Leave or you'll be the next patient.

Carbide!

Naughty. Naughty.

Come on. Come on.

l won't...

l won't play.

Wait!

Get the ball.

Get the ball.

l'm not getting the ball from there.

You get it.

Listen to me.

No, no, get it.

Oh, God. Not again.

Run. Run.

We only accept proposals from good families.

l'm quite respected at Union Carbide.

My son's completed High School.

My sister's quite sensible as well.

Come. Come on.

Don't be scared.

lsn't the groom handsome?

Don't be scared.

Men make tall claims..

..and we've to take care of them after marriage.

Go on.

Where were you?

l haven't seen you for a long time.

The boy isn't bad either.

Fritters.

Bless you.

Let's get to the point.

We will give him a cycle.

My son loves listening to songs.

We want a transistor radio as well.

Drink the sherbet first.

Mr. Chaudhary... - Yeah.

We will fix it.

Anyway listen, we have another problem.

We're falling short of an operator at the plant..

..and it's getting very difficult.

Come up. - Yes..

Yes, sir.

Come, come Mr. Roy. - What are we doing here, Mr. Chaudhary?

What?

Lower that.

No, no, he can't do that. Mr. Chaudhary this is...

When this indicator comes below 30, inform Mr. Roy.

Now this is your new job.

You've to keep a watch.

And Mr. Roy will supervise you.

No, no, l can't do that.

l am the safety officer, l had to move around in the factory.

l can't supervise him. - Look Mr. Roy..

..the word from the above is this..

'The day we can't keep up with production..

..that day they close us down.'

Factory closed.

No, sir. l won't let the factory close down.

See, he is just the manual laborer.

That's his loyalty for you, Mr. Roy.

You've to keep a watch.

This is Rakesh's uniform. - Yes, sir.

You need to prove... you're worthy of it.

Okay.

Hey! - Where are you working now?!

l am in Manila. l got sent there by this guy.

So you finally made it to Bhopal, Ted.

l waited for you at breakfast.

Thanks for sending me out on such short notice.

Hello, Shane sir. - Hi, Mr. Gupta.

You remember Mr. Beeterman, of course. - Let's work.

Gee, l hope you didn't clean up just for us.

Hello sir! - How are you?

What is this?

The incidents report sir, Mr. Andersen want you to have a look.

l'm not here for tea parties with chumps... Technical reporting...

Safety is a local issue Mr. Gupta..

..give me sales figures, last five years, full inventory.

Ted, l am here to deal with an accident. What exactly you are doing?

Accounts and evaluation. That's what l'm doing.

Do what you do best. Liaise with your people.

With our employees. - Great.

Just go and promise them what we can't afford.

Like money, we haven't made yet.

The monsoon is late sir. - Pardon.

Our sales targets need constant revision in light..

..of the changing farming practices amongst our client base.

That's your problem, Ted. l'm the liaison guy.

lt's written about lslam..

lt's states that God..

What are you doing here?

Learning Quran to become all around good person.

But you are not a muslim.

l am a believer. - You are a liar.

Fine.

Okay! l want the autopsy report. - l knew it.

You come, you pray and then you want something.

Really the sign of a good muslim?

lt help me file civil suit again Carbide, Rashid.

Motwani, the gold medalist, the most likely to succeeded..

..and now look at you.

Roaming the bumpy streets of Bhopal on this clapped-out..

..Luna thinking you're Gandhi.

This is for last week.

What about this week?

This is nice.

Basha.

Run! - What happened?

Dilip!

Dilip!

Dilip!

Take this.

Stop them!

Dilip!

The priest has chosen an auspicious date from next month.

We've to abide by the relations.

Should l inform the groom's family?

Meera's old enough.

She's still a kid.

She's not a kid any more, she is 17 years old now.

l'm calling the priest.

What are you murmuring?

Now how will l get a transistor-radio?

See you.

Looking too good in this uniform.

Finally you've a job.

Catch me..

Looking nice.

Read it.

lt is better than your that story, Jim Morrison in Bhopal!

He turned out to be a German hippie.

Tell me about it. Maintaining standards is tough.

Pappu, one tea.

No credit.

Who reads the paper, your father?

This crap.

Looking good.

lt belongs to Rakesh.

No, not yet. l am still on daily-basis.

So was Rakesh.

He didn't wear the protective suit.

Was it his fault or the company's?

You'll shut Carbide down..

..by publishing this crap.

Hey.

This isn't crap, it also has some truth.

Come on.

lt's time for weekly procedure, start washing the lines.

lnsert the hose pipe... into the bleeder.

Yes, into the bleeder.

Have you done it before?

We have our hands, our wealth. Let's use them.

Move, move, move. Get out. Out. Out. Move.

Do you want us to die?

Don't you know you have to put the slip disc in? Huh?

Never, never let the water enter the MlC tank. Never.

Oh, this just isn't getting switched off.

We don't want to scare the slum dwellers.

As long as we are learning from our mistakes, we are safe.

Everything is okay. Go at work... go at work.

Come on. Run.

Run. Run.

Careful children.

What kind of shave would you like?

Where were you?

l was looking for you.

When you need money, you come looking for Pasha.

Otherwise...

No, no, l've kept your money aside.

This is for last week, what about this week.

l'll settle that once l get paid.

You know, l give money on credit..

..to Union Carbide employers at half the rate.

So...keep returning, keep borrowing.

Let me finish shaving.

Keep this, for the shave.

Okay.

Return the razor.

Goodbye.

Here...

You gave him your razor.

What if he had slit my throat?

Mr. Chaudhary..

Why did you shut off the air condition?

lt's unnecessary consumption of electricity, Mr. Roy.

But the MlC has to be kept under zero you know that.

l know that. l know that.

But.. what is the cost of Freon gas, Mr. Roy?

Do you know that?

Don't worry so much Mr. Roy.

Quickly.

Get it quickly.

l have to clean it properly.

Paper. Paper.

Porter.

Madam paper! Do you need paper. - No. No.

Paper. Paper.

Sir, Carbide! She is interviewer. - lnterview, you idiot!

Go. Go.

Last time you interviewed an American, you got arrested.

Who cares, he need a new gossip. Go. - Good bye, Rashid.

Welcome to Bhopal, free guide.

Biggest Mosque in Asia. Bhopal is the world!

Hindus, Muslims, Christian and everyone..

..its winding each other in perfect harmony.

So the plant is movie to Manila. - Excuse me.

Carbide. Carbide. Your people are moving?

My people? - You are here with Carbide, right?

What are you talking about?

Okay, alright. What are you doing here?

lnterviewing Napoleon. - Napoleon?

Are you a relative?

Journalist! - Hey, wait!

We will wait for you, okay?

Eva Coffield!

You are American.

Come in.

This piece of land will be forever France.

So how did the Bourbon family end up in Bhopal?

500 years ago, many Europeans roamed lndia looking to make a fortune.

Jean-Phillipe Bourbon, my forefather was one of them.

l even dream in French. - Hey, Napoleon..

500 years in Bhopal and you are about as French as my brown arse.

Watch out. All the citizens in the chowk are building your guillotine.

Bloody communist, never stop.

l do apologize.

Will your branch of the family ever return to France?

And leave Bhopal... with barbarians at the gate?

Why were you interviewing that bourgeois bastard?

See. What kind of things do you write?

Lifestyle! - Lifestyle, okay, okay.

Do you want to write a real story?

No, my job is done.

What kind of journalist are you? Our job is never done.

Take us to the temple.

Wait here.

What are we doing here? - Watch.

There she is. Real Bhopal, real life. Take a photo.

Do you want to know what happened to her lifestyle?

Her husband was murdered by Carbide.

That's sad. Can we go now?

Train station.

So what happened to him? - You don't want to know.

lt's not lifestyle, it's life. - Come on.

Union Carbide stores 40 tons of poison in the heart of Bhopal..

..which leaks out every night.

That widow's husband was killed with one drop of it.

Did you know him? - He was my best friend.

The name is Eva.

Wait here.

Welcome to The Voice Of Bhopal.

Come.

My little empire.

Not exactly a multinational but l do have total control. See.

Here.

And you get to pick your headlines and your enemies.

Enemies are like my headlines - big, relevant and rude.

So why did they choose Bhopal?

Middle of nowhere and middle of everywhere.

Bhopal is at the heart of lndia. Cheap government land..

..subsided water and electricity, railway connections.

Simple logistics. - So what do you want from me?

l want an interview.

Andersen, the chairman of Carbide..

..is coming for his free lunch with local politicians.

Jobs means votes.

They are all milking this cash cow together.

Hello. - Hello sir.

Welcome sir, greetings. - Greetings, thank you.

Take this. - No, thank you.

He's hard hat in my mouth.

Everything seems smaller, more dense.

They've been building up with whole planning.

Yep, we're building all right.

Thank you Ted. Money keeps the sun off their heads.

How long have those been there, sir? - l've made six weeks ago, sir.

Why aren't they sold?

The monsoon's harder to predict these days, sir.

Farmers are feeding their families with money..

..they're supposed to be buying seeds and pesticides with.

ln plain english please. - The crops failed.

lt's a drought.

Now this looks familiar.

These old workhorses still going strong? - Yes, sir.

Good old American engineering.

Good morning. - Yes.

Welcome sir, as you can see we made some changes to the control room.

Yeah, l can see that.

You are still doing three shifts?

No sir, actually we are working with two shifts.

That works for you?

Our safety officer handles all questions.. - Excuse me. Hello.

May l take that from you, sir. - Sure.

What's your name, son?

He's asking your name.

Dilip.

Dilip, l am Warren. May l ask you a question please?

What is the maximum pressure to this valve.

He's asking about the pressure. Pressure.

No, no. Please let him do.

Sir, my job is to... keep an eye on that.

Sir, we follow a verbal protocol in hindi.

Actually he is very new sir.

High turnover so we are training them on the job, sir.

ls that a good safety precaution, Mr. Roy?

But sir, we are striving very hard to get results for our company..

..with limited resources, sir.

l am sorry, son? What's your name, again?

He's asking your name.

Dilip.

Please come with me.

Go on.

How much MlC do we keep in here?

Uh, the quantity varies, sir...

Oh, for Godsakes, look at this leaky valve.

Dilip... how would you fix that leaky valve?

Tighten that. Tighten it with a spanner.

lt's alright, let me have that please. Thank you.

My other collar is blue, Ted.

Dilip, don't pay any attention to that clown who laughed.

People laughed at me, when l decided to build a plant here.

That's good, okay.

You know my father is a plumber.

See, if you work hard enough, you can achieve anything.

Thanks. Come on.

Hello everyone, may l have your attention please.

Everyone please come out. Yes, send everybody out, yes. Everyone.

Can you hear me back there? Alright! Can you hear me up there?

Can you hear me?

All right. Sorry to interrupt. My name is Warren Andersen.

l am your chairman, but first and foremost l am a carbider.

And as such..

..l am not going to bullshit you, we are going through a very hard time.

And we have limited resources.

But you know, when l came here 10 years ago, no one believe..

..that we can build this factory here and we did it.

And now we are here to stay.

Together we can survive this drought.

Remember we are not just Carbide, we are Union Carbide.

United in our efforts to build a better future for everyone, yes.

We have limited resources, true.

But we also have our minds and our hearts and our hands.

So gentlemen, let's use them. l thank you and God bless you all.

l'll be here a few more days, so look busy.

Thank you.

Keep up the good work, Dilip.

Bye, bye. Thank you. Bye, bye.

What did he say?

Pray to your God for rains.

Quite a performance sir.

Thank you, Ted. You can't smoke in here.

Please go on, Mr. Gupta.

Yes sir, l was saying that the three tanks need constant repair.

Which holds production, right? - Correct sir.

Alright then, could you please explain once again on the chart in detail..

..the specific nature of the solution. - Very good sir. Simple solution.

lnsert a bypass line... Uh, a jumper line.

Production continues regardless of repairs. Mass production.

That's a fundamental structural change. Dunbury won't approve that.

Sir, the chief minister is returning your call.

Hello Mr. Shukla, thank you so much for returning my call.

You know someone have to work for a living.

Listen my friend, confidentially..

..we may need to implement some fundamental structural changes here.

Otherwise we may be facing closure.

Yes, sir. l'm afraid it would mean the loss of a great many jobs.

Alright then, could you join us for supper this night?

How about drinks,?

You can promise your lovely wife, l'll have you home by ten.

Alright thank you, sir. Meanwhile..

..l would like to send the details over straight away..

..you know since we'll need a confirmation as soon as possible.

Alright. Thank you, sir.

l'll look forward to seeing you this night as well. Bye, bye.

This could have serious implication sir.

l am willing to take that risk. Shane what's going on out there?

We got some people that have a problem.

You mean a demonstration. - Yeah.

So much for public relations.

Union Carbide - Shame! Shame!

Union Carbide - Shame! Shame!

Union Carbide - Shame! Shame!

What are they saying?

Eva, they are protesting against my friend's death.

Get him on the record. - He is coming.

Shane, make sure the labor minister gets those design today.

Alright sir, not a problem.

You call yourself a journalist. Excuse me.

Get back. - Hey, stop the car.

Stop the car. Stop the car.

Are you alright miss? - Yeah.

Eva Coffield! The Associated Press.

ls Carbide in trouble?

You are an American. - Yeah.

Get in the car.

Shane, get up front, will you. We've got a guest.

Come on, get in the car. - You move back please.

Get back.

Go. Go. Go.

She works for me.

You know dear there are easier ways to get an interview.

Okay, Miss Coffield, fire when ready.

One drop of your stuff killed her husband.

Exactly what we are making here?

How would you kill bugs?

Well its contained here in 40 ton tanks.

ln America stored in small bottles, why?

Well we had some pretty complicated regulations in the States.

Things are easier here but no less safe.

So you get to stash huge amounts of poison in the middle of a small town?

There was no town here, when we started.

We built way out in the Boonies. Bhopal moved to us.

And now it's a sitting time bomb.

Listen miss, Union Carbide help build the first atomic bomb..

..which saves millions of lives in 1945.

And we are proud of that.

But we are not in the business of building time bombs.

You are pretty rational about killing. - l deeply regret this incident.

But would you like to know what the biggest widow maker is in lndia?

Malaria!

Carbide is helping to save life here and just for the record miss..

..we set the highest safety standards in the industry.

And they weren't followed in this case. - lsn't it your job to ensure they are?

On paper yes, but in reality it's a local issue.

Well what is that mean?

lt means that, Union Carbide does not run Bhopal..

..Bhopal is run by Carbide lndia Limited.

Well you are the Carbide CEO, so what are you doing here?

l came out of a moral obligation frankly.. - ..with your accountant.

Who did you say you work for?

Wait a minute, you are working with this guy.

He runs that rag.

What? Unless l'm AP, l don't get the truth?

Have l lied to you? - How do l know?

All l see is a politician passing the buck.

l invited you in, is a pretty straight forward guy, the least you could do..

..is try to ask some intelligent question, you might even get a better story.

Your factory is choking this town. - lt stinks, okay.

We are not making perfumes here, but this factory feeds this town.

You are the boss.

Why don't you stop relegating responsibility to this local.

These locals are our people. Please, don't patronize them, miss.

Yeah, your people and your rules in their country.

You know, l was wrong about you. You are worse than a politician.

You're beyond accountability.

You're still wrong about me, miss.

l'm just a hard-working Yank trying to make weed-killer.

Yeah, and l'm just a student journalist working my way up.

You are not with AP.

Who are you with, miss? - Paris Match.

So much for truth.

Can we drop you some place? - Yeah right here.

Driver stop the car please.

Hey miss, wait up!

You know, we all want a better world..

..but somebody has to break ground to build it.

No hard feelings.

Bastards threw you out.

l asked all the questions. Are you telling the truth?

Absolutely. l didn't know you work for associated press.

l lied, okay. - You are becoming a proper journalist.

Lalit? Lalit!? Are you still running this town...?

Mr. Shane, it's not going to happen.

Listen.. - But these structural changes...

Will increase productivity and safeguard jobs.

Sit down my friend. - Thank you.

Shane, this is question time.

Give me Carbide's file

Give me some answers.

l have to fight those hooligans, give me answer.

This is a special operations report. This is like a school report.

They are always rough.

How did you get hold of this? - l didn't.

The opposition gave it to me, the morning.

The opposition? - Yes.

And now they proposing to shut down the Carbide.

On what grounds, Lalit?

How many times we went through this? What's new?

Things have changed now.

Those slums are legal, they have vote and they have right to breathe.

Yeah. And work... Which is what you've got to explain to these people.

They don't know what's good for them sometimes.

lt's number game, Shane.

This is lndia. We are also a democracy.

Okay but in ten years, you are going to move the plant again..

..because they are going to come to us.

You are going to bribe me. - No.. no.. this are the fundamentals.

And a little grease for the cogs of democracy.

You said you don't want this.

No, no..

What is this? - Sir, this one.

Okay, dear. Recession is starting, l need to account to my house.

You get yours in order.

Scout's honour. But tell your house this...

..Carbide is not a stone that could be simple uprooted...

..and moved elsewhere. lt's not that easy, okay?

How is that for an answer?

You are a charmer Shane and an American too.

And you smile alot. lt's confusing.

People seem to like it.

There is the problem with you Americans..

..you think being liked is the same as being understood.

Understood. Understood, sir. - Okay, bye bye.

And make sure that document gets the higher office, okay?

Sir Andersen is only here a couple of days.

l refused you for this.

Don't insist..

Sir, please..

Sir, this could have been sabotage, arson, anything..

..A Sikh. l mean, lndia...

lndira Gandhi's been assassinated... They're... it's a powder-keg right now.

lt's a third world country. They are always messing.

Thank God we've maintain the strong relationship with the local government.

So our assets are protected. - Sir..

lt's a different game now. We've got additional influences...

Cheers!

l am so sorry you can't stay for supper.

l have a scheduled trunk call from Delhi. Elections you know.

Yes of course, l hope you know that you have our full support.

Thank you, l'll have to run it pass to my staff, Mr. Andersen.

But l don't see any problem.

Okay, well l'm glad to hear that and kindly remember me to your lovely wife.

Thank you very much. Nice meeting you. - You too sir.

Bye, bye. - Bye, bye.

You smell that. lt's sandalwood.

l am a little surprise sir.

You know, l go way back, lt's about jobs, Ted.

ln the middle of nowhere..

..making pesticides, this people can't afford.

We came here to help build better farmers, Ted.

Why lndia?

lt was a personal decision.

You have to go back to the 60's when lndia lost a war with China..

..and crawled into bed with the Soviet Union, which made LBJ very nervous.

Starving Mother lndia bit Uncle Sam's hand.

The very hand that helped stop a major famine.

ln response, Uncle Sam said; 'You want our wheat? Dance to our beat.'

ln the form of a new trade agreement. - PL-480?

The very one.

ln reply to that, lndia started her Green Revolution.

With high breed seeds and fertilizers and pesticides..

..all designed to help lndian farmers to feed her own hungry millions.

No, thank you, PL-480. - Exactly.

lndia was opened for business..

..and l want a carbide at the heart of the revolution.

Plus for me, personally it was an opportunity..

..to blend business for social responsibility.

And idealist and a chairman.

That's a tough market to corner. - Yes it is, Edward.

And l did corner it. And l gave something back.

And now l am going inside for supper.

''Let's go to the city of Ajmer.''

''Let's go to the city of Ajmer.''

''Let's go to the city of Ajmer.''

''Let's go to the city of Ajmer.''

''lt's dwelling place of that Saint.''

''l am the Khwaja's devotee.''

Sorry guys, it's the labor minister. Everything is fine.

Here you are, Shane. Sit down. Tell us about Manila.

Nothing to tell, it's dull and l don't like it.

l am sorry to hear that.

We need you there kid. You know we are expanding.

Yeah, l know. - Been shopping.

Oh, that's a gift from an employee. Thank you.

Everything in life has a price.

That's why l went down to pay our respects to the dead man's family.

Of course life is priceless. How much did they expect?

Do we know? - l didn't ask, they don't.

Look we are all upset about it. l am not a devil.

Playing as advocate. - And l am not accounts advocate.

So why don't you put a price on his head.

Or is this one of your jokes?

How much extra allowance you are getting for being in Manila?

Fifty Bucks. Why? - Why fifty bucks?

lt's Manila. - Exactly.

You have a very small, shall we say 1 in 10000 risk..

..of dying of an exotic disease.

Could you fix up that fifty bucks to take that risk?

Multiply fifty with ten thousand half a million.

That's the price of your life.

And you've set it yourself. - Couldn't we get him any cheaper, Ted?

What's your point?

We accept money for taking risk. We pay in order to avoid them.

You drive a Volvo. - No, l am not an accountant.

Compensation was included in the salary.

Tell the family he knew the risk. - Okay.

Why don't you drive there in your Volvo and tell them yourself.

That's your job. l am just an accountant.

Okay, l am sorry guys, l thought we had a corporate responsibility..

..to our employees. Am l wrong?

No, you are quiet right, Shane.

Our other employees, Manila, Zurich Dunbury are subsidising Bhopal.

Yes, we have a responsibility, global.

Mr. Andersen, we're plugging a money leak..

..with the goodwill of our shareholders.

How long do you expect them to hold it?

Gentlemen, this is the question.

Red or White?

l don't care, white. - Red.

We'll have both, thank you. - Yes sir.

Hello? Dunbury? - Carbide accounts...

Mark.. hello, Mark? - Yeah, yeah, l am here.

Oh yeah, it's me here.

Look, l need an excuse to shut down this plant.

lt isn't making any money and frankly..

..Andersen has gone all Jimmy Carter over this.

Well look, there is a million in one technical reason..

..you can use to shut it down.

Hey, hey... just pull out our Special Operations report. lt's all laid out.

Alright, l'll look for it. Mark, thank you very much.

See you when you're back.

Hello.. where did you come from?

Are you my guardian angel?

What's your name?!

You can't speak?

You don't understand.

Sorry sir. - Hi!

That's okay, l'm not sleeping anyhow. - Please sleep, sir.

l have lot in my mind.

Come, son. Let's go.

Tell me something.. you like Carbide?

Yes, sir.

Carbide, good to you?

Yes, sir.

You think Carbide should stay here in Bhopal?

Yes, sir.

Hmm... some don't agree... including my stockholders.

Some even think we're dangerous. We're pushing capacity... lt's just...

l am not making any money anyway. So the question is..

..should l or should l not shut down the plant?

Yes, sir.

Okay! What's his name?

He is a good boy, sir.

How old is he?

He is a good boy, sir. - Okay.

Good boy, l live very, very far away.

And l need somebody to look after the shop when l am gone.

Do you think you could do that?

When l come back, if you done a good job, l'll make you the new boss.

Do you want to be the boss?

He is very good, sir.

l am in good hands now. l can sleep tonight.

Thank you, gentleman.

Good night. - Good night, sir.

Lord.

Keep blessing us with Your grace.

What are you doing?

Praying for rains.

ln that direction?

The one that provides us..

..is our God, our benefactor.

You know...

The boss...shook hands with me.

Who...that American?

He's so fair.

No?

l swear.

Really?

He shook hands with you.

Now do you believe l'm worth something?

No wonder...

..you've been dancing around since morning.

Eva... can you hear me? - Did you like the photos?

Yes. We liked Napoleon, but we loved the green-eyed girl.

Like that Afghan girl... So lndia, brilliant.

She is a local widow.

There is a story behind her.

And you going to like it.

Now look, all that's well done, Eva but that's it.

l may be on to something big here in Bhopal.

Can l stay for a bit longer please?

Now look Eva, this kind of stories have been everyday.

Let's keep it focused here, l mean we got a deadline.

Okay! - Brilliant!

Train is departing from platform no.4.

Passengers are requested to take care of their luggage.

Where are you going madam?

My sister's getting married.

How much do you need?

We'll have to give dowry.

Have you brought the documents? - Yes.

This for the interest.

What are you doing?

You don't want it? - No, l do. l do.

Get your sister married in a grand way.

Thank you sir, we have lndianised the plant finally.

A jumper line.

Yes, well, thank Mr. Anderson. He had to deal with Danbury, our accountant..

..and the Chief Minister. lt wasn't easy for our Chairman.

Yes, Mr. Anderson is a true visionary sir. Like, uh... Rockefeller, Tata...

Yes, well, let's just make sure..

..Mr. Anderson's Bhopal visit wasn't a waste.

l want these pipes fully functional by next week.

No problem sir, now this tanks are connected..

..and we don't have to stop production.

Good, good. Carry on Mr. Chaudhary. - Thank you sir. Thank you.

Mr. Chief minister, you better pray for Bhopal.

Not now Motwani, l am very busy. lt's a budget session.

Sir, MlC contains hundreds of unknown compounds all of them lethal.

Enough, tomorrow l'll see your press is shut down.

Sir, please take this. lt's all right here.

Motwani's coming.

Think before you speak.

Motwani's coming. - Careful.

Hot news. Hot news.

Motwani, where's that foreigner lady?

She's in my Paris office.

Soon telex lines will be buzzing all over the world.

AP, Newswire, Reuters and then..

..then, my friends, we'll never have to smell the bloody gas again.

Pappu, bring some tea..

..for my Carbider friend here.

Where were you when l was out on the streets?

Friend?

Only you can find out the truth?

You want to find out the truth?

When the stomach's starving..

..and you start feeling giddy

..you don't care for the truth anymore.

l am fighting, for whom?

What are you blabbering?

Keep your eyes open.

Sir..

Where are your glasses? Wear your glasses.

Good. Nice.

Dilip, be careful.

Be absolutely careful.

Sir, a friend of mine wants to know something.

Which friend?

Motwani?

Forgive me, sir, l..

What does he want to know?

About MlC..

All 40 tons of it.

ls it dangerous?

Come down.

Come with me.

Listen carefully.

Always keep MlC and water separate. Okay?

And if anything still leaks through..

..then, this is the flair tower.

We can burn the MlC with caustic soda.

lf still the leakage doesn't stop, there's another way.

Here.

See that. We can stop the leakage with water.

There's another way. Come with me.

lf the leakage still doesn't stop, there's a fourth way.

Come. Come.

Look.

This is the fourth way.

We need to cool the MlC and freeze it.

But we can't do that.

Because few people have shutdown the air-conditioning..

..to save company funds.

Go tell Motwani.

Sir..

What is it, Dilip?

Are we in danger?

Do you need your job?

Sir...

Please attend my sister's wedding.

Mr. Gupta, we have a couple of issues here.

Seize production, take inventory.

What do l tell the staff? - That you are closed for maintenance.

Shut the plant, Mr. Chaudhary. - But what will l tell the staff?

Tell them we are closed until surplus stock is cleared.

MlC stock inventory? - Two tons.

Use it up every drop.

lt could be more, sir.

Guessing!

Get me exact figures. Get them now Mr. Chaudhary.

Voice Of Bhopal.

Motwani.

l hardly see you these days.

Roy was saying something about MlC...water..

Mixing...dangerous..

l couldn't understand most of it.

Well done. What else?

l am scared.

Fear has gripped Carbide.

Dilip, you could lose your job.

Stay with Carbide.

l don't care if l lose my job.

l don't want this job.

l am going back to pulling rickshaw.

Once Meera gets married today.

Don't forget to attend the wedding.

Hey, what are you doing?

There's a wedding today in my house..

..so l was just making some calls.

Fine, go.

Ramu, hold the front page.

Did you like everything?

The arrangements are really nice.

You've finally fulfilled your father's dreams.

May Allah bless you with His grace.

Wow!

The wedding procession's here!

The wedding procession's here!

Water is running in.

Good.

Doctor, l want your opinion. l want your opinion.

My opinion. Your license should be into the drainage, Motwani.

Remember, Rakesh! What made his blood cherry red?

What kill Rakesh, l said look like cyanide.

l am getting late for my night round.

While l am at it, l'll prepare for your autopsy.

They say never mix MlC and water.

They?! - Roy, Carbide safety officer..

..may be MlC and water make cyanide.

l'll speak to this safety officer tomorrow.

Hey, and what about the antidote?

The wedding will attended. - Yes.

They have been singing all night.

Okay, have you completed the log book? - They are closed.

That's why you got fired.

l resigned sir, l am leaving Bhopal tomorrow morning.

When did you washed the lines?

One and a half hours ago, sir.

Go check the outlets.

Okay, sir. - Quickly.

Good evening sir. - Good evening.

We are closed. Good night sir. - Good night.

Sir.. sir, the pressure is 150 pound. - What?

And the temperature is fifteen degree. - What?

We are washing pipes, sit down. Relax! - The smell sir..

How long you have been here? lt is smells the same.

Sit. Relax.

We did our best.

Babu..

Babu..

Babu..

God!

Where is all this water going?

Babu..

Babu..

Come here quickly, take him to the hospital, right now.

Hey everybody, come inside. Shut all the pumps immediately.

All the protocol, wash his eyes with water.

Why is this hanging over here?

Get the water pipe. Now. Now.

Everything is fine, sir.

Caustic soda burn. Caustic soda burn.

More pressure.

Get the mark. Get the mark.

Careful, careful, careful.

This is too big a leak to survive. Why didn't you shout before?

Shift the MlC. - The tank is full. Did you know that.

Come on. Start the Caustic, once comes in. Come on!

ls someone burning chilies?

No, no.

Chillies?

Take a seat.

What did he say?

l thought he got emotional.

He thought someone lit chilies.

Where are you going? Go back.

Come on! What are you doing here?

Yes, it's flowing eastwards. Go, warn the slum-dwellers. Come on!

Why didn't you sound the alarm?

The alarm has been muted. Go now.

Get the PGS. Over the PGS, come on!

Come on.

Yes. We're here.

The food's ready.

So let everyone eat.

Come. Let's eat.

Run! Run everyone!

Run. - What happened?

Run! Run everyone!

Make preparations! Come on.

There's been a gas leak in the Carbide. Run everyone.

You're ruining things here.

l am telling the truth.

Get going.

Get lost.

lt's true. Run!

lt's nothing. lt's nothing.

Come, let's eat everyone.

Come on, make the arrangements. Nothing's wrong.

Motwani's talking nonsense.

Nothing's wrong.

No one's eating. Everyone's feeling sick.

And don't you feel irritation in your eyes?

But this odor.. - l can't eat.

l feel like vomiting.

Everyone's feeling the same.

l'll take a look. - Please see to it.

My eyes are burning.

Uncle..

Are your eyes burning too much?

l can't see.

Don't worry.

The factory was closed today.

Don't you work there?

Go take a look.

Don't worry.

Start the program, l'll go take a look.

Look after everyone.

Leela, don't worry. l'll be right back.

Hello? Dunbury?! - Yes, this is Dunbury.

Dunbury, this is Bhopal. Bhopal Union Carbide...

Calm down. - MlC is leaking.

Please calm down... - MlC is leaking.

How much MlC? - The whole, all of it.

One minute, let me check. - Please calm down, l can't help you..

Give me the antidote quickly. Listen to me.

We've tried everything. l am the safety officer.

Just listen to me, it's spreading to the slums.

Get me Carbide immediately.

What happened?

We were told to wash our hands and face with water.

Start lV fluid... and get me Lasix. - What is it, doctor?

Thank you, 22. - Wash his eyes with water.

Doctor Chandra here, Motwani.

What else do you know about Carbide, Motwani?

No, no, no. There is something wrong in the factory.

Doctor.. - Doctor, it's cherry red.

What do we do now?

And what is this? - Sir, blood pressure is dropping sir.

Get him sodium hypochilorite.

Get him the sodium hypochilorite. - Yes, doctor.

Don't go there!

Don't go there!

Don't go there!

Please take the cotton and wash the eyes with water. - Yes sir.

Please wash the eyes with water. Go quickly.

Come in line.

Wash the eyes with water.

Doctor.. doctor..

Doctor what should we do now?

Go and get hypochilorite. Get all of it.

Which poison is this, sir? - lt is Cyanide.

Run! Run! Run!

There's been a gas leak in the factory.

Open the door.

My child!

Stop the rickshaw. Give me the child.

Save him God!

Move, move!

Save me!

Leela. Raju.

Meera.

Where are you?

Why didn't you run away?

Come.

Come, let's go.

Where's Meera?

Doctor Rashid, get me some more.

Sir.. sir.. sir..

Switch on the generator immediately.

Antidote!!

The hypochilorite is finished, doctor.

Tell them to wash the eyes with water.

Let's give them atropine steroids. - You know that won't help.

Tell them it's due to carbide.

lf they lose hope, we'll lose them. Go.

Get the Atropine quickly.

Did you get the Carbide badge?

Yes.

Now you're a Carbider.

Everyone will know who killed whom.

l am not dead yet.

You were dead the day you wore my uniform.

l am not dead.

Look.

l am not dead.

Look.

l am not dead.

Move!

Move back everyone.

Sister... - Doctor.. injection..

Move back everyone.

Move.

Move back.

Move back.

Move!

Move. Move back.

Move back.

Someone save my child.

Thank you.

What is it? What's written?

AP News flash, Bhopal. Central lndia.

Gas leak in Carbide and thousands were killed.

The Army has been called for help. Dead bodies are heaped up.

Sir, we'll have to shut down the plant in Virginia.

Why?

lsn't the plant designed in a similar manner?

No, it is not. They've changed the design.

So, what are we going to tell the press now?

That MlC is safe. - Okay.

And what's our legal position?

Here's the special operation report that was made in 1982.

This says, there can be hazardous reaction in MlC unit.

lt leaked due to their carelessness.

So, we are safe. - Yes, they were warned.

What should we do next?

People in Bhopal have broken our trust.

We helped them so much but they cheated us.

None other than themselves are responsible for this accident.

Margaret.. - Yes sir.

Book me a ticket to Delhi immediately and tell my wife, l'm going to Bhopal.

l think you are right, sir.

This will earn you some goodwill.

'What was the truth behind Bhopal tragedy?'

'That the case between our Government and Carbide went on for 4 years.'

'Or our Government did not file a criminal case against them..'

'..and they were acquitted.'

'Or may be, people died due to not getting timely treatment..'

..and not only because of Carbide.'

'All l know is Carbide never left Bhopal.'