Julie (1975 film)

Julie
Julie
	File:Julie 1975 film poster.jpg Film poster
Directed by	K. S. Sethumadhavan
Produced by	B. Nagi Reddi-Chakrapani
Written by	Inder Raj Anand (Dialogue); Raj Baldev Raj (Dialogue Director)
Screenplay by	Chakrapani (screen adaptation)
Starring	Lakshmi; Vikram
Music by	Rajesh Roshan
Cinematography	Roy P. L.
Edited by	M. S. Money
Production; company	Vijaya Productions
Distributed by	Vijaya Productions
Release date	18 April 1975;
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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Julie is a 1975 Indian romantic drama film directed by K. S. Sethumadhavan and written by Chakrapani. The film stars Lakshmi in the title role. It also stars Vikram, Nadira, Rita Bhaduri, Om Prakash, Utpal Dutt and Sridevi (in her first significant Hindi film role). The film was a critical and commercial success.^[1]

Julie was also a musical blockbuster, with award-winning music by Rajesh Roshan which won him the Filmfare Award for the year. It had one of the first English language songs in an Indian film - "My Heart is Beating", sung by Preeti Sagar.^[2]

It is a rare Hindi film in that it features an Anglo-Indian family in the lead. It is a remake of a Malayalam hit film Chattakari (1974), which also starred Laxmi.^[3] She would star in yet another remake, the Telugu film Miss Julie Prema Katha (1975). She didn't act in the Kannada remake, Julie, released in 2006, which had Ramya in the title role as Julie and Dino Morea as the leading man.^[4] She also declined the role of Julie's mother in the Malayalam remake titled Chattakari (2012), stating that she wanted the audiences to remember her as the young and beautiful Julie; the title role went to Shamna Kasim.^[5] In 1984 actress Urvashi portrayed the role of Julie in its Tamil remake Oh Maane Maane.The remake and adaptation rights of this film are now owned by Glamour Eyes Films.

Plot[edit]

This film depicts the restrictive social conventions regarding inter-religion marriage and unwed motherhood in India. Julie (Lakshmi) is a Christian Anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic, father (Om Prakash), a dominating mother (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 boy. The lovers consummate their relationship, which leaves her pregnant. Shashi goes away to college, not knowing about her pregnancy. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the pregnancy. They don't tell the rest of the family. Her mother thinks about getting Julie an abortion, but a devout Christian (Sulochana) 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 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't 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."

Cast[edit]

Lakshmi as Julie
Vikram Makandar as Shashi Bhattacharya
Nadira as Margaret "Maggie", Julie's mother
Om Prakash as Morris, Julie's father
Rita Bhaduri as Usha Bhattacharya
Utpal Dutt as Mr. Bhattacharya, Usha and Shashi's father
Sridevi as Irene, Julie's younger sister
Sulochana as Ruby Aunty
Jalal Agha as Richard "Richie"
Rajendra Nath as Rahim, Store Owner

Music[edit]

The film's soundtrack won Rajesh Roshan his first Filmfare Award, for Best Music Director. Julie was one of the top three best-selling soundtrack albums of 1975, along with Sholay and Sanyasi.^[6] A remixed cover version of "Dil Kya Kare" sung by Shaan appeared in the 1996 album Dance Masti.^[7]

All music is composed by Rajesh Roshan.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Dil Kya Kare"	Anand Bakshi	Kishore Kumar	6:32
2.	"Yeh Raatein Nayi Purani"	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar	5:30
3.	"Bhool Gaya Sab Kuch"	Anand Bakshi	Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar	4:52
4.	"My Heart Is Beating"	Harindranath Chattopadhyay	Preeti Sagar	4:44
5.	"Saancha Naam Tera"	Anand Bakshi	Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar	4:03
6.	"Julie Falls In Love" (Instrumental)	–	–	2:40

Awards and nominations[edit]

Year	Award	Category	Recipient(s)	Result
1976	Filmfare Awards	Best Actress	Lakshmi	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Nadira	Won
		Best Music Director	Rajesh Roshan	Won
		Best Female Playback Singer	Preeti Sagar (for "My Heart is Beating")	Nominated
		Filmfare Special Award	Preeti Sagar (for "My Heart is Beating")	Won
1976	Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards	Most Outstanding Work of the Year	Lakshmi	Won ^[8]
		Best Supporting Actress	Nadira	Won
		Best Music Director	Rajesh Roshan	Won
		Best Lyricist	Anand Bakshi	Won

References[edit]

↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
↑ "Songs of Julie". Pages.cs.wisc.edu. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
↑ "Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram : Timeless, ageless". The Hindu. 23 January 2009. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
↑ "Julie: A big disappointment". Ia.rediff.com. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Lakshmi-wants-to-remain-as-Julie/articleshow/15420064.cms
↑ "Music Hits 1970-1979". Box Office India. 5 February 2010. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010.
↑ "Dance Masti". Spotify. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
↑ "39th Annual BFJA Awards". BFJA. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

External links[edit]

Julie at IMDb

[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Songs of Julie". Pages.cs.wisc.edu. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

[3] "Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram : Timeless, ageless". The Hindu. 23 January 2009. Archived from the original on 29 January 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

[4] "Julie: A big disappointment". Ia.rediff.com. 31 December 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

[5] ttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Lakshmi-wants-to-remain-as-Julie/articleshow/15420064.cms

[6] "Music Hits 1970-1979". Box Office India. 5 February 2010. Archived from the original on 5 February 2010.

[7] "Dance Masti". Spotify. Retrieved 8 January 2019.

[8] "39th Annual BFJA Awards". BFJA. Archived from the original on 19 January 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2012.

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