Julie (1975 film)

Julie
Julie
	Film poster
Directed by	K. S. Sethumadhavan
Written by	Inder Raj Anand (Dialogue); Raj Baldev Raj (Dialogue Director)
Screenplay by	Chakrapani (screen adaptation)
Produced by	B. Nagi Reddi-Chakrapani
Starring	Lakshmi; Vikram Makandar
Cinematography	Roy P. L.
Edited by	M. S. Money
Music by	Rajesh Roshan
Production; company	Vijaya Productions
Distributed by	Vijaya Productions
Release date	18 April 1975;
Running time	145 minutes
Country	India
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 in the title role (in her Hindi film debut). It also stars Vikram Makandar, Nadira, Rita Bhaduri, Om Prakash, Utpal Dutt and Sridevi, in her first significant Hindi role. The film was a critical and commercial success. Despite the film's success, Lakshmi felt comfortable in choosing to do mostly South Indian movies.^[1] Julie was also a musical blockbuster with critics alike and with award-winning music by Rajesh Roshan, which won him the Filmfare Award for the year. According to film and music expert Rajesh Subramanian Dil kya kare was penned by lyricist Anand Bakshi in less than ten minutes when the tune was played to him by composer Rajesh Roshan and his assistants. had one of the first English songs in an Indian film, "My Heart is Beating", sung by Preeti Sagar.^[2] It is a remake of a Malayalam blockbuster film Chattakari (1974), which also starred Lakshmi as the female lead making her Malayalam and Hindi film debuts in both versions respectively.^[3] She would star in yet another remake, the Telugu film Miss Julie Prema Katha (1975). She did not 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] 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.

^ "Worth Their Weight in Gold! (70′s) | Box Office India: India's premier film trade magazine". Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
^ "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.
^ "Lakshmi wants to remain as Julie". The Times of India.

[1] "Worth Their Weight in Gold! (70′s) | Box Office India: India's premier film trade magazine". Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 17 November 2015.

[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] "Lakshmi wants to remain as Julie". The Times of India.

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