10.035 minSeason 2 • Episode 8
LatestIn the greatest race against time, India and its scientists have just 8 hours to pull off an impossible feat.
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. Homi 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.
Acting
Jim Sarbh's Bhabha is gloriously insufferable
Production
Mid-century Bombay never looked this sexy
Writing
Makes nuclear physics genuinely suspenseful
Creators
Siddharth Roy Kapur, Nikkhil Advani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jim Sarbh spent months studying Bhabha's actual lectures to nail that clipped Parsi accent.
The series quietly argues India's nuclear program was born from post-Partition insecurity, not aggression — a framing rarely seen in Western media.
IN
