Julie (1975 film): Difference between revisions

| writer = [[Inder Raj Anand]] (Dialogue)<br /> Raj Baldev Raj (Dialogue Director)

| screenplay = [[Chakrapani (filmmaker)|Chakrapani]] (screen adaptation)

| released = {{Film date|1975|43|18|df=yes}}

| country = [[India]]

| language = [[Hindi language|Hindi]]

'''''Julie''''' is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language [[romantic drama film]] directed by [[K. S. Sethumadhavan]] and written by Chakrapani. The film stars [[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]] in the title role (in her [[Hindi cinema|Hindi film]] debut). It also stars Vikram Makandar, [[Nadira (Indian actress)|Nadira]], [[Rita Bhaduri]], [[Om Prakash]], [[Utpal Dutt]] and [[Sridevi]], in her first significant Hindi role. The film was a critical and commercial success.<ref>{{cite Despitenews the|last=Das film's|first=Tina success,|date=21 LakshmiJuly felt2024 comfortable|title='Julie' intackled choosingpre-marital tosex doand mostlypregnancy Southsensitively. IndianIt movies.<ref>{{Citestill webfell prey to stereotypes |url=httphttps://www.boxofficeindia.cotheprint.in/worthfeature/reel-theirtake/julie-weighttackled-inpre-goldmarital-70ssex-and-pregnancy-sensitively-it-still-fell-prey-to-stereotypes/2183797/ |titlework=Worth[[ThePrint]] Their|access-date=21 Weight inJuly Gold! (70′s) &#124; Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine2024 |accessarchive-date=1722 NovemberJuly 20152024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2015111818141920240722083312/httphttps://www.boxofficeindia.cotheprint.in/worthfeature/reel-theirtake/julie-weighttackled-inpre-goldmarital-70s/ |archivesex-date=18 November 2015 |urland-status=dead }}</ref> Julie was also a musical blockbuster with critics alike and with awardpregnancy-sensitively-it-still-fell-winning music by [[Rajesh Roshan]], which won him the Filmfare Award for the year. It had one of the first English songs in an Indian film, "My Heart is Beating", sung by [[Preeti Sagar]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http:prey-to-stereotypes/2183797/pages.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/indexes/film/julie.html |titleurl-status=Songslive of Julie |publisher=Pages.cs.wisc.edu |access-date=2011-09-18}}</ref> It is a remake of a Malayalam blockbuster film ''[[Chattakkari (1974 film)|Chattakari]]'' (1974), which also starred Lakshmi as the female lead making her Malayalam and Hindi film debuts in both versions respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/fr/2009/01/23/stories/2009012350710100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129235032/http://hindu.com/fr/2009/01/23/stories/2009012350710100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=2009-01-29 |title=Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram : Timeless, ageless |date=2009-01-23 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2011-09-18}}</ref> She would star in yet another remake, the Telugu film ''Miss Julie Prema Katha'' (1975). She didn'tdid not act in the Kannada remake, [[Julie (2006 film)|Julie]], released in 2006, which had [[Ramya (actress)|Ramya]] in the title role as ''Julie'' and [[Dino Morea]] as the leading man.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ia.rediff.com/movies/2006/may/15julie.htm |title=Julie: A big disappointment |publisher=Ia.rediff.com |date=2004-12-31 |access-date=2011-09-18 |archive-date=28 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928175930/http://ia.rediff.com/movies/2006/may/15julie.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She also declined the role of Julie's mother in the Malayalam remake titled ''[[Chattakkari (2012 film)|Chattakari]]'' (2012), stating that she wanted the audiences to remember her as the young and beautiful Julie; the title role went to [[Shamna Kasim]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Lakshmi-wants-to-remain-as-Julie/articleshow/15420064.cms|title = Lakshmi wants to remain as Julie - Times of India| website=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=8 June 2017|archive-date=22 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722083313/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Lakshmi-wants-to-remain-as-Julie/articleshow/15420064.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> Actress [[Urvashi (actress)|Urvashi]] portrayed the role of Julie in its Tamil remake ''[[Oh Maane Maane]]'' (1984). The remake and adaptation rights of this film are now owned by Glamour Eyes Films.

This film depicts the restrictive social conventions regarding inter-religion marriage and unwed motherhood in India. Julie ([[Lakshmi (actress)|Lakshmi]]) is a [[Christians|Christian]] [[Anglo-Indian]] girl with a loving, but alcoholic father ([[Om Prakash]]), a dominating mother ([[Nadira (Indian actress)|Nadira]]), a younger brother and sister ([[Sridevi]]). She falls in love with her best friend, Usha Bhattacharya's ([[Rita Bhaduri]]) brother Shashi Bhattacharya (Vikram Makandar), a [[Hindu]] [[Brahmin]] boy. The lovers consummate their relationship, which leaves her pregnant. Shashi goes away to collegethe city for corporate job, not knowing about her pregnancy. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the pregnancy. They don'tdo not tell the rest of the family. Her mother thinks about getting Julie an abortion, but Ruby Aunty ([[Ruby Myers|Sulochana]]), a devout Christian, talks her out of it. Julie is sent away to have her baby in secret. The rest of the family is told that Julie got a job. After the baby's birth, Julie's mother arranges for the child to be left in an orphanage, and demands that Julie return home and forget about the baby.

When Julie returns home, her father has died. She is now the primary earner in the family. Later, she runs into Shashi and tells him everything. He then asks to marry her, but his mother, Devki ([[Achala Sachdev]]), objects to the marriage as Julie is of a different faith. She blames Julie for seducing her son and having the baby. Julie's mother doesn'tdoes not want the union either, as it will be an inter-faith marriage, and she wants to return to [[England]]. However, the wisdom of Shashi's father ([[Utpal Dutt]]) prevails as he confronts the mothers' prejudices regarding caste and religion, and urges them both to accept their grandchild. The film ends with the mothers offering their full blessings to the young couple, and Julie's mother promising her grandson she will "never leave him."

* [[Nadira (Indian actress)|Nadira]] as Margaret "Maggie", Julie's mother

* [[Rita Bhaduri]] as Usha Bhattacharya, ShahsiShashi's sister

* [[Achala Sachdev]] as Devki Bhattacharya, ShahsiShashi's mother

The film's [[soundtrack]] won [[Rajesh Roshan]] his first [[Filmfare Award]], for [[Filmfare Award for Best Music Director]]. ''Julie'' was one of the top three best-selling [[soundtrack album]]s of 1975, along with ''[[Sholay]]'' and ''[[Sanyasi (film)|Sanyasi]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Hits 1970-1979|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=282&catName=MTk3MC0xOTc5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205042855/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=282&catName=MTk3MC0xOTc5|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 February 2010|website=[[Box Office India]]|date=5 February 2010}}</ref> A remixed [[cover version]] of "Dil Kya Kare" sung by [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]] appeared in the 1996 album ''Dance Masti''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dance Masti |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/5jBG7u8PDMxeALvVrx3x2J |website=[[Spotify]] |access-date=8 January 2019 |language=en |archive-date=22 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722083428/https://open.spotify.com/album/5jBG7u8PDMxeALvVrx3x2J |url-status=live }}</ref> All Hindi lyrics were by [[Anand Bakshi]], while the lyrics of “My Heart Is Beating” were written by [[Harindranath Chattopadhyay]].

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