Lakeer – Forbidden Lines is a 2004 Indian Hindi-language romantic thriller film directed by Ahmed Khan in his directoral debut .The film stars Sunny Deol, Sunil Shetty, John Abraham, Sohail Khan and Nauheed Cyrusi. The music was composed by A. R. Rahman and the background score by Aadesh Shrivastava. The film was released on 14 May 2004.

Plot

Karan Rana (Sohail Khan) and Bindiya (Nauheed Cyrusi) are childhood friends and live with Karan's brother Arjun Rana (Sunny Deol), a very powerful and wealthy gangster. Arjun was actually adopted from the poor slums as a young boy by Suraj Rana and Karan is Suraj’s real son and Bindiya, the daughter of one of Suraj’s former colleagues. After both fathers passed away, Bindiya was adopted into Arjun’s household and he looked out for both her and Karan while growing up. Now, Karan's feelings for Bindiya are more than just of a friend; however, she is unaware of his feelings and falls in love with Saahil Mishra (John Abraham) gradually. Saahil comes from a low class society in the same slums that Arjun once grew up in and attends the same college as Karan and Bindiya.