Julie (1975 film)

Infobox Film
name = Julie


image_size =
caption = Film poster
director = K. S. Sethumadhavan
producer = B. Nagi Reddi-Chakrapani
writer = Inder Raj Anand (dialogue)
Chakrapani (screen adaptation)
Pamman (novel, "Chattakkari")
Raj Baldev Raj (dialogue director)
narrator =
starring = Laxmi Narayan
Vikram (Hindi actor)
Nadira
Om Prakash
Utpal Dutt
Rita Bhaduri
music = Rajesh Roshan
cinematography = P. L. Rai
editing = M. S. Money
distributor = Vijaya Productions Pvt. Ltd.
released = 18 March 1975
runtime = 145 min.
country = India
language = Hindi
budget =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0187192

"Julie" is a 1975 Hindi film that starred Laxmi in the title role. It also starred Nadira, in an award winning role, and Sridevi as a child star. The film became a box office hit. [http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=181&catName=MTk3NQ=]

Julie was also a musical hit, 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. ^{[http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~navin/india/songs/isongs/indexes/film/julie.html]}

It is a rare Hindi film based around an Anglo-Indian family.

"Julie" was the remake of Malayalam hit Chattakari (1974) that also starred Laxmi. She would star in yet another remake, the Telugu film, Miss Julie Prema Katha (1975). In 2006, "Julie" was remade in Kannada with Ramya in the title role, and Dino Morea as her lover, though the film wasn't a success.

Plot

This film depicts the restrictive social conventions regarding intercaste marriage and unwed motherhood in India. Julie (Laxmi) is a Christian Anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic father (Om Prakash) and a religiously devout mother (Nadira), a younger brother and sister (Sridevi). She falls in love with her best friend's (Rita Bhaduri) brother Shashi Bhattacharya (Vikram), a Hindu boy, and she has a passionate encounter with him, which leaves her pregnant. He goes away to college, not knowing about her condition. 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 (Ruby Myers) 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 she comes back home, her father has passed away. She is now the primary earner in the family. Later, she runs into her Hindu boyfriend and tells him everything. He asks to marry her, but his mother objects to the mixed marriage. She blames Julie for seducing her son and having the baby. Julie's mother doesn't want the marriage either, as it will represent a mixed-caste marriage, and she wants to return to England. However, the wisdom of the boyfriend's father prevails as he confronts the mothers' prejudices regarding caste and religion, and urges both to accept the baby boy. 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."

Awards & Nominations

Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards for "most outstanding work of the year"--Laxmi- [ [http://www.bfjaawards.com/legacy/pastwin/197639.htm 69th & 70th Annual Hero Honda BFJA Awards 2007 ] ]

Filmfare Best Actress Award --Laxmi

Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award --Nadira (actress)

Filmfare Best Music Director Award --Rajesh Roshan

Filmfare Nomination for Best Female Playback Singer -- Preeti Sagar for the song "My Heart is Beating"

References

External links

*imdb title|0187192|title=Julie