Not every marriage gets a happily ever after and so is the case with Zainab and Farhan. Laut Ke Chalay Aana tackles the sensitive issue of incompatibility between married couples. Despite staying married for several years and having two grown-up daughters, the couple doesn't realise when they lost the spark and grew distant. In one of those days, a young, modern working woman enters Ijaz's life and makes him realize what's missing. He is inclined towards her and eventually proposes her. In the end, the couple survives through a tragic climax.