Shejari

The story is set in a small village in India where the villagers of different communities live in harmony Pandit Mazhar Khan a Hindu and Mirza Gajanan Jagirdar a Muslim are two old friends who function as the village elders and look out for each others families An industrialist Onkar arrives to construct a dam in the village He is opposed by the two friends and the other villagers Onkar decides to create distrust and disunity between the two communities and friends When a house is set on fire Mirza is made to believe it is the work of Pandit and his son Encouraged by the villagers he is forced to excommunicate the two This causes strife and the dam is constructed Finally the dam breaks and the two old friends come together again and die in their attempt to save lives