Beneath a Shooting Star

In 1971, as a civil war rages in Pakistan, two girls are born in the city_of Lahore; Nadira to a Sunni family, and Hameeda to a Shia family. At_age six, an outspoken, lively Nadira and her beautiful, shy classmate,_Hameeda, are drawn to each other, and they become the closest of_friends. In the beginning, their religious differences mean very little._But as the years pass and their society fragments, their lives and their_relationship are torn apart by a horrific, sectarian tragedy. Separated,_they must experience their sorrows, hardships and joys without the_support and companionship they once provided each other. Years_later when fate brings them back together again, they have to choose_whether they will let the past keep them apart, or reclaim their dreams_and the friendship they once cherished.