Lakeer – Forbidden Lines

Lakeer
Directed by Ahmed Khan
Produced by Vivek Kumar
Starring Sunny Deol
Sunil Shetty
John Abraham
Sohail Khan
Nauheed Cyrusi
Music by A.R. Rahman
Background Score: Aadesh Shrivastava
Cinematography Johny Lall
Distributed by Vicky Films
Release date(s) May 14, 2004
Country India
Language Hindi

Lakeer - Forbidden Lines is a 2004 Bollywood film, directed by Ahmed Khan and starring Sunny Deol, John Abraham, Sunil Shetty and Sohail Khan. It was the biggest disaster of the year at the box office. [1]

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Plot

Karan the brother of wealthy Arjun Rana attends College and is smitten by the charm of the beautiful Bindiya, his fellow collegian, and subsequently fell in love with her. For some reason or the other Karan is unable to profess his love to Bindiya, unknown to Karan, Bindiya has no similar feelings for him but is undoubtedly attracted to Sahil, who comes from a poor background and whose brother, Sanju makes his living by operating as a mechanic. When Karan and his friends come to know about Sahil and Bindiya they publicly humiliate and insult Sahil on the College campus. Unable to bear disgrace, Sahil attempts suicide but survives after he is admitted to the hospital. In seeking revenge for his brother's state; Sanju publicly beats up Karan badly injuring him. When Arjun comes to know of this he decides to take a stand by burning the entire locality where Sanju resides. After three months things seem to have calmed down when Karan gets discharged from hospital, Sahil leaves college and takes up employment in a café and Sanju's business is once again restored to him.

Cast

Soundtrack

Lakeer - Forbidden Lines
Soundtrack album by A. R. Rahman
Released 4 January 2004 (India)
Recorded Panchathan Record Inn
Genre Film soundtrack
Label T-Series
Producer A.R. Rahman
A. R. Rahman chronology
Udhaya
2003
Lakeer - Forbidden Lines
2004
Meenaxi: A Tale of Three Cities
2004

Music Director: A.R. Rahman
Lyrics: Mehboob
Background Score: Aadesh Shrivastava

Rahman reused three classic songs he composed for Tamil film Rhythm, with only three new songs added due to lack of time. The songs of Rhythm were inspired from the 5 elements of the world. Rahman did not do the background score, since he was busily involved in several other projects.

Song Artist(s) Notes
Nachley Daler Mehndi, Kunal Ganjawala Reused Thaniye from Rhythm
Paighaam Shaan, Kavita Krishnamurthy Reused Kaatre from Rhythm
Sadiyaan Hariharan, Madhushree, Udit Narayan
Offho Jalta Hai Asha Bhosle, Sonu Nigam Reused Pathikiche from Rhythm
Rozana Viva
Shehzaade Kunal Ganjawala

Notes

  1. ^ http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=210&catName=

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