They took someone's sister, daughter, child, someone's husband and hijacked them
do they have no shame? What further depravity are they capable of?
What's the story with this bomb? Why haven't these hijackers brought it up?
They never mention it.
I doubt they know about it.
Al-Qaeda knows about it. Amjad knows for sure.
And we have no idea what Amjad's going to do with that bomb.
Sir, if talks fail the bomb will be their last resort.
Al-Qaeda and Amjad won't accept defeat.
I'm going back to Kathmandu, sir. This evening.
Sir, there are some scores that need to be settled there.
Masood's father, Maulana Allah Bakhsh... a year and a half back,
asked Ilyas Kashmiri to help him... to get Masood out of jail.
And Ilyas entrusted Amjad with this.
What's Osama's interest in all this?
He has... a lot of respect for Maulana Allah Bakhsh.
Amjad devised the plan for the hijack in Kathmandu.
He asked the ISI in Kathmandu for help and they agreed.
After all, they wanted revenge on you for tapping Musharraf's phone.
Everything was going as planned till here, but Masood's brother Ibrahim,
''Chief'' insisted, that they take him along as well.
So Amjad had to go too. Because he had to control the negotiations.
It's business.
Every party who's invested, wants some returns.
Now what?
We have to pay.
DRS... Just 30 minutes.
We'll storm the plane and shoot those assholes.
Then why didn't we shoot them seven days back?
Because nobody... none of us wanted to take the onus.
Who would take the onus if civilians died?
People die, sir.
People die in the service of the nation.
Soldiers do.
This is not a fair fight, DRS. Our hands are tied.
And of course, no one will remember that fact.
History will put all the blame on our heads.
And I care about history.
What is more important?
History that will be read years later? Or our people trapped inside IC 814?
Who was behind this hijack?
Why did they do it?
Why didn't we know about it? Do we... Do we care?
Okay, okay, stop. Start with 'A'.
Sing a song that starts with the "A" or you'll lose.
You lost! Your turn, okay? Start with ''Y.''
These mesmerizing black eyes, oh-ho, oh-ho
Cigarette?
I quit 3 years ago, but...
If you've given up smoking... then don't do it.
It's not allowed in the aircraft anyway.
These keen sharp eyes, oh-ho, oh-ho, A deer-like gait
Sir, sir, could you please ask someone to send this to my house? To my wife and
children? This has all my savings and account details. When I'm gone they are
- going to use... - Okay, okay, that's it.
No more singing.
Sir...
DRS.
Mohan.
Start talking to them.
Abhijeet, Sat.
Come on, come on. There's ample space in there. Come on.
Mr. Chief, is anyone listening?
Chief Sahab?
Mr. Chief?
This is Mukul Mohan... Can anybody here me?
Listen, Chief Sahab... we have to talk to each other, right?
Unless we talk, neither you nor I can settle this matter.
My sincere apologies.
After all this effort, your frustration is understandable.
It was our fault. I... I admit that.
I wonder what our people are doing to get us out.
Common, what can they do? The guns are pointed at our heads, they can't do
anything.
Maybe-- maybe we should kill them. Like, here.
Chhaya, they all are armed.
You know, they have bombs and they have guns.
If 20 of us attack together, we can get them.
- Yeah! - What 20 of us?
At least three or four people were suggesting we do this. So,
I'll go and talk to them.
- A few of them spoke to me too. - They were talking about it just now,
talking among themselves. Let's get them all together.
Come on.
Okay, wait. Calm down.
Will the Captain allow this?
No, no. Sir. I allowed him to get aggressive.
We hit a stalemate, sir. We needed to shake things up.
They need to participate.
Or we won't get anywhere, sir.
In fact... they ask for 35 men, we say one.
Sir.
Plus, it looks like a stand-off, but it was needed.
He should be here any moment, sir.
He sounded fine, but, uh...
I'm not very happy with this bowser being here.
The bowser means "Get out of here".
What does he want?
Sir, he's 32.
Under his Pathan suit, he wears a gold Rolex.
He likes money.
If he had his way, he'd be living in America. He's stuck over here.
If... we make his life difficult, he'll make ours.
He speaks to the Amir directly and tells him about us.
And them.
Come in, IC 814.
IC 814, come in.
Come in, IC 814. IC 814, come in.
It's no use, I've been trying since morning.
We can't not talk to them.
What should we do?
Come in, IC 814. IC 814, come in.
Make a deal.
Come in, IC 814. IC 814, come in.
What is it?
Chief, Foreign Minister, His Excellency Mr. Muttawakil will speak to you now.
Today is the 30th.
It's been 6 days since the plane arrived here.
And four days since you've arrived.
So far we have cooperated with all of you.
In spite of the fact... that we have nothing to do with this dispute between you all.
I'm addressing both sides right now.
Every single passenger on this aircraft, is a guest of this country.
Therefore, we are responsible for their safety.
I have a special message for you from the Amir.
"Kandahar's soil, will not have any blood shed."
Chief, two of your demands... money... and the body of Sajjaad Afghani...
these demands will have to be removed.
And Chief, you cannot refuse to negotiate with them.
You have to continue this dialogue.
If you don't come to an agreement, after negotiations are over.
Then we will refuel your plane tomorrow.
After that, you're free to go anywhere that you all wish to.
Khuda Hafiz.
Mr. Muttawakil.
Thank you and your government.
Which government, sir? The one that you don't recognize?
This gesture will go a long way, sir.
What have you decided?
Have you decided anything?
We've told you, what we want already.
Now it's time for you to say, what you can do for us.
All right then, Masood Azhar... Liaqat and Najam Akhtar.
Noman Bashar, and Habibullah Majid. Like I had offered earlier, Masood plus four.
That's not good enough.
So then?
Maulana Masood Azhar, Omar Saeed Sheikh... Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar.
That's it.
End of discussion.
Omar Saeed Sheikh and Mushtaq Zargar?
Latram?
Two out of them are in Kashmir's jails. The CM will never sign off on it.
It's impossible.
No way we can give him up, sir.
Masood won't do anything immediately,
I'm sure we will have enough time to sort him out later. But Latram,
this is the ISI's demand.
They'll send him back to Kashmir and he'll make our lives hell again.
It's too high a price, sir.
Yes, it is... but do we have any other... alternative, sir?
I don't think so.
We'll have to hand over all three.
We will never be able to defend our decision to release these three men, sir.
All right, let's go and tell him what we think.
What?
That ah... we'll have to release all three.
Sir, I don't think history will see this very kindly.
It's a coalition government.
So what do we do, Vinay? Abandon our own people?
All I'm trying to say...
is that the only thing people will remember
is that this government released all these militants.
And that this was your advice.
And our PM will be remembered for giving the order to release them.
Think about it.
Vinay ji, I had this wonderful mentor in the army.
Brigadier Gurufateh Singh ji Sekhon.
May God rest his soul.
He often used to say, "Young man... when you pick up a gun, remember...
"Think a hundred times before you take a life... But not once before... you save one."
So, come on, let's go... Let's go and save our people's lives.
Amazing, sir.
Here you go.
The lessons of your youth are more important to you than,
wisdom that comes with age.
The Chief Minister of Kashmir has outright refused to release Zargar.
We only have 30 minutes to give them an answer.
Now... only you can convince him somehow.
I could try to sir, but in just 30 minutes? I mean...
This can't be done on the phone, sir. I'll have to fly to Srinagar.
Look, we have only 30 minutes to say yes to Kandahar,
and we have the whole evening to go to Srinagar.
Sir?
That means...
It means... first we'll say yes to them...
and then you will go and speak with the Chief Minister of Kashmir.
It means that... we have no option, VK.
You'll simply have to convince the Chief Minister somehow.
Yes, sir.
We have concluded our negotiations with the
hijackers. We have reached an agreement... that... they...
will release all the hostages of IC 814. But we will have to release,
three terrorists in exchange for them.
Maulana Masood Azhar.
Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh.
And... Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar.
You're relentless? I'm not going to sign it.
I knew they would send you here.
Explain to them.
It will be a big mistake.
Sorry, I'm not signing it.
I am leaving for Kandahar, ah...
to, ah, deal directly with our negotiating team.
No, no, DRS. I have to come.
Sir, please... Please, listen to me, sir.
There is no need for you to take this risk, sir.
These are our own people.
I want to be there for them.
Sir.
They should know, that their government didn't simply abandon them.
Okay, sir.
As you can see, the plane carrying our
Foreign Minister Mr. Vijaybhan Singh has reached Kandahar.
The three terrorists who have been released,
have also flow to Kandahar on the same plane.
Everyone hopes that the hijackers will release our people now.
And all the passengers will return home safely to India.
Just saw the headline in your newspaper.
I don't think I'm needed there anymore.
I don't think you're right. I honestly don't.
I'm leaving, Sha.
The day I believe you were right, I'll come back.
That could be never. It could be this evening.
I don't know. Bye, Shalini.
End of messages.
Indian Airlines
We'll be leaving in a little while. Only carry...
Have a good life, Chhaya.
Khuda Hafiz.
Only take your hand baggage, please, uh...
You'll get your check-in baggage over there. okay?
Thank you... Khuda Hafiz.
I hope the next time you come to our country,
it will be as a guest and we'll have a chance to offer you our hospitality.
Thank you, sir.
That bomb is still on the plane.
And that's not good news for either of our countries.
Whoever planted the bomb, should be the one to remove it.
This has been successful due to the tireless efforts of our government,
so any statement that is released will have to be made later.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you, sir. We're very, very grateful.
So we won.
Did we?
We fought.
Did we?
And live visuals coming to your screen.
It's from the Indira Gandhi International airport here in New Delhi.
Only a few hours before the dawn of the new millennium.
And full eight days after they were hijacked
on the route of Kathmandu and taken to Kandahar
the crew and passengers of flight IC 814 have finally reached their
original destination New Delhi.
And as they finally step out to freedom you can see their friends and family.
Eagerly waiting on the tarmac,
wanting to know what really happened on Flight IC 814.
Hi!
Ice cream?
You don't like chocolate.
I thought I'd just try it.
Maybe you're right.
Maybe I'll write a happy story tonight.
We have lived through a living hell. We saw Death at eight times.
We not only suffered misery, we suffered psychological warfare by the terrorists.
There was just one loose end left in Kandahar.
The 17 kilos of RDX.
On the Taliban's orders, the hijackers removed the bag from the plane.
That night, after a tip-off,
when exactly 17 kilos of RDX were recovered
from the home of the ISI station head in Kathmandu.
He was immediately deported from Nepal.
Raw agent Ram Chandra Yadav, denied any kind of involvement in this incident.
He called it "Poetic justice."
That same night, at his home in Tarnak Qila,
Osama Bin Laden celebrated the return of the five hijackers and three terrorists.
The connection between the ISIS and the hijacking was so small that they
were prevented from even attending the celebrations.
The hijacking was over,
but the death and destruction these three men have continued to wreak on
the innocent is unimaginable.