Yeh Ishq Nahin Aasaan
Architect and Poet Salim Ahmed Salim lives in Nizamuddin, India, along with his widowed mother. He re-locates to Lucknow where he is employed with Shirazi & Company. He instructs her not to leave the house, and when she persists, he sells the house and decides to re-locate to Lahore, Pakistan. Salim attempts to stop them but Hamid assaults him and leaves him senseless. Salim does recover but takes to alcohol and a Courtesan named Phoolrani in a big way. His mother intervenes, and compels him to get married to their new neighbor's daughter, Sahira, which he reluctantly does. Now trapped in a marriage with a woman he does not love, Salim continues to frequent Phoolrani's brothel, with hopes of being re-united with his estranged sweetheart - only to find that the seemingly demure Sahira will not let go of him that easily.
Cast
Rishi Kapoor
Salim Ahmed Salim
Padmini Kolhapure
Salma A. Mirza
Asrani
Jamal
Iftekhar
Akhtar Mirza
Deepti Naval
Sahira H. Khan / Sahira S. Salim
Om Prakash
Nawab
Yogeeta Bali
Phoolrani
Agha
Shirazi
Jalal Agha
Qawaal
Vijay Arora
Qawaal
Mumtaz Begum
Akhtar's mom
Leela Mishra
Badi Bi
