Scene 1: Outside Muktsar Gurdwara – Early Morning
(Camera pans across devotees leaving their shoes outside the gurdwara. A pair of shining leather juttis sits on a red mat with a small barricade around it. Two constables stand beside it, sunglasses on, expressions deadly serious.)
Constable 1 (Balwinder): (saluting the shoes) Oye, careful! Don’t stare too long at them — government property!
Constable 2 (Harjit): I’m not staring, yaar… I’m just wondering… do we get shoe duty allowance for this?
Balwinder: Allowance? We don’t even get proper laces for our own shoes, and you want jutti duty bonus?
(Harjit sighs deeply.)
Scene 2: The Guarding Begins
(A devotee walks near the CM’s shoes.)
Balwinder (yelling): Oye, oye! Step back! This is restricted footwear area!
Devotee (confused): Restricted footwear? Bhai saab, I just came to find my chappals!
Harjit (chest puffed): Then find them from a safe distance. These juttis are under Z+ protection!
(Devotee slowly backs away, muttering “pagal policewale…”)
(Constables sit on plastic chairs beside the shoes, fanning themselves with their caps.)
Harjit: You know, last month I guarded a VVIP water bottle. This month — shoes.
Next month maybe they’ll post me at a toothbrush inauguration.
Scene 3: Passing Time
Balwinder: At least toothbrush won’t run away. (pauses)
Actually, these juttis also won’t… unless someone prays too hard for them.
(They both laugh quietly — then suddenly go serious again as a child runs past.)
Balwinder (shouting): Bacche! Side ho ja! One wrong kick and your future’s gone!
Scene 4: The Inspection
(An officer arrives)
Officer: Constables! Status report!
Harjit (snapping to attention): Sir! Both shoes safe and synchronized! No dust, no theft, no left-right confusion!
Officer: Good. CM sahib should be proud.
(leans closer)
Did you… polish them?
Balwinder: Twice, sir. Even the reflection of Guru Granth Sahib’s golden light is visible!
(Officer nods approvingly.)
Scene 5: The Twist
(Suddenly, a gust of wind blows — one jutti tips over)
Harjit (panicking): Code Red! Left Jutti Down! Left Jutti Down!
(Both constables dive dramatically to save it. Crowd watches in amusement)
Balwinder (holding the jutti reverently): It’s safe, Harjit. It’s safe.
Our mission continues.
(They place it back gently, then salute it like war heroes.)
Scene 6: CM Returns
(Chief Minister exits the gurdwara, walks toward the shoes)
CM (smiling): Ah, thank you, officers. I trust my juttis behaved?
Balwinder (seriously): Yes, sir. Not even a mosquito dared land on them.
(CM puts on the juttis and walks away. The two constables stand tall, proud)
Harjit (to Balwinder): You think next time we’ll guard the CM himself?
Balwinder: Why risk it? Shoes don’t argue, don’t tweet, and don’t transfer you.
(They both chuckle as the camera zooms out and a text fades in.)
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