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Video starts exactly on <Image 1>: Jai (left, tall) and Veeru (right) in khaki guard tunics and side caps in the moonlit prison yard, torches on the walls behind, breath fogging, Veeru's left hand holding a small nickel whistle at the bottom right of frame. Jai's face 100% match <Image 2>, Veeru's face 100% match <Image 3>, no drift. 10s, four shots, hard cuts only at stated seconds, real-time, no slow motion. Every shot is a steadicam retreating ahead of them at their walking pace, 3.5 km/h, with a real 2-3mm operator sway — the camera never stops moving, they never stop walking. SHOT 1 — 0-3s, chest-up two-shot, the framing of <Image 1>: they walk toward camera trying to look like guards, arms stiff and a little too straight, every third step drifting out of sync and correcting without looking at each other. Jai eyes front, jaw tight. Veeru breathing fast, eyes moving. At 2s Veeru's eyes cut hard right toward the guard line off-screen and stay there. HARD CUT at 3s. SHOT 2 — 3-5.5s, close-up on Veeru's face, tracking, the yard sliding behind him: his eyes still on the guard line, lips barely moving, he whispers out of the side of his mouth without turning his head: "They're looking at us." A bead of sweat runs from under the cap. His breath fogs on every word. HARD CUT at 5.5s. SHOT 3 — 5.5-8s, close-up on Jai's face, tracking: eyes dead front, no turn, no blink, jaw set, and he answers just as quietly, lips barely parting: "Let them look. Keep walking." One slow blink. A muscle in his cheek tightens once. Breath fog drifts from his nose. HARD CUT at 8s. SHOT 4 — 8-10s, back to the chest-up two-shot, closer now: Veeru's eyes come back front, he swallows, his hand tightens on the whistle. Jai's eyes flick once right and snap back. They fall back into step. Hold on the walk to the last frame. Real whispered English speech — barely audible, mouths hardly moving, real breath on the words, no narration tone, the voices of two men who cannot be seen talking. Real gait under stress, small corrections, no gliding, no posing. Pore-level skin, sweat, breath vapour, catch-lights alive, khaki weave creasing with every step. Audio diegetic only: four boots on packed earth slightly out of sync then correcting, fabric rustle, two men breathing at different rates, the two whispered lines close and dry, wind across the yard, torches crackling, distant crickets, a far-off horse snort, low vintage tape hiss. Authentic 1970s Hindi cinema restored film print matching <Image 1>: khaki muted olive under moonlight, night blues cool and desaturated, torch orange warm, green-tinted stone and red brick muted, warm tan skin, lifted blacks, soft halation on torch flames and cap edges, fine constant grain, no modern grade. 16:9. LOCKS: starts on <Image 1> exact. Faces match sheets 100%, no swap. Cuts only at 3s, 5.5s, 8s. Camera retreats at their pace in every shot, never stops. They never stop walking. Whistle stays in Veeru's left hand, never blown. Veeru's line at 3.5-5s, Jai's line at 6-7.5s. Ends on the two-shot, still walking.