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....they were three childhood friends,  they were together till matric,  thereafter their ways  split into three different directions,  javed and sherbaz  headed towards cities,  saraj stayed back in the same town,  he cleared his b com and got a low grade job in a bank , soon after he got married,  he became father of two 

He wasn't satisfied with life,  it was a hand to mouth   life  fir him and his family,  there was no scope of progress,  he wanted  better and financially more successful lifestyle but frugal salary was strangulating hus dreams and desires,  he also noticed  the conditions  worse than his of people around  , he would  gratefully  accept his  small salaried job that was providing him and his family  his daily food,  fifteen years later he happened to meet javed,  javed had a most turbulent life  full of challenges  and now was back , he gad given up his higher studies  in the city , to earn money he had become a salesman  and  remained a petty part time worker  all these years