khuda aur mohabbat

The story revolves around the age-old conflict between

religious ideology (represented by the term Khuda, meaning

God) and human emotions (Mohabbat or Love) revolving in strict

Islamic] families. Belonging to the society's elite, a young

commerce graduate, Hammad (Imran Abbas Naqvi), encounters

Imaan (Sadia Khan), the daughter of Moulvi Aleemuddin (Salman

Shahid), who teaches Quran to the children of the vicinity and

is also a Imam in a nearby Mosque. This encounter brings an

immense change to Hammad's life. He leaves his house and

family for Imaan. At one point, he gains employment as a

porter and undertakes hard labour. He hopes the changes he

makes, which include him finding religion and eventual

spirituality will make him suitable for Imaan to her father.

However his hopes and his transformation are in vain as Moulvi

Aleem is unable to accept the concept of a love match for his

daughter and to forgive the insult Hammad's family caused him

when they realised Hammad loved Imaan. Imaan, meanwhile, is

engaged to her cousin Abdullah (Ahmed Jahanzeb). She lives

under the shadow of her domineering father, whom she dare not

disobey. Imaan tells Hammad to return to his family, but he

refuses. With an increasing sense of helplessness, Imaan

becomes ever more stressed and eventually falls ill. The story

ends with Imaan's death and Hammad also collapsing due to his