Julie (2004 film)

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Julie
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Deepak Shivdasani
Written by Nishikant Kamat (screenplay)
Sanjay Pawar (dialogue)
Produced byJay Agarwal
Starring Neha Dhupia
Priyanshu Chatterjee
Yash Tonk
CinematographyThomas A. Xavier
Edited bySteven Bernard
Music byScore:
Naresh Sharma
Songs:
Himesh Reshammiya
Release date
  • 23 July 2004 (2004-07-23)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Julie is an Indian Hindi erotic film produced by N. R. Pachisia and directed by Deepak Shivdasani. The film stars Neha Dhupia, Priyanshu Chatterjee, Yash Tonk, Sanjay Kapoor and Achint Kaur. [1]

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Its sequel, Julie 2 , starring Raai Laxmi, also directed by Deepak Shivdasani was released on 24 November 2017, after legal issues. [2]

Plot

When Julie (Neha Dhupia), a girl next door from Goa, gets dumped by her boyfriend, Neil (Yash Tonk), she moves to Mumbai. There, she gets intimate with her boss, Rohan (Sanjay Kapoor). Heartbroken and emotionless, she loses faith in love and decides to become a call girl. A chance meeting with Mihir Shandilya (Priyanshu Chatterjee), a multi-millionaire and one of the most eligible bachelors in town, leads to their instant liking for each other. Mihir is completely besotted by her beauty and, being a family-oriented man, proposes marriage to her. All is well except that Mihir and his family are unaware of the fact that Julie is a high-profile prostitute. During a TV interview, Mihir surprises everyone by mentioning Julie is the 'someone special' in his life. Julie is now in a dilemma. How she tells her future husband about her socially unacceptable profession and if Mihir accepts her forms the rest of the story. [3]

Cast

Soundtrack

Julie
Soundtrack album by
Released23 July 2004 (India)
Recorded2004
Venue Mumbai
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Producer Himesh Reshammiya
Himesh Reshammiya chronology
Run
(2004)
Julie
(2004)
Taarzan: The Wonder Car
(2004)

All songs composed by Himesh Reshammiya and written by Sameer. [3]

#TitleSinger (s)
1"Hum Tumse Dil" Udit Narayan, Anuradha Paudwal
2"Dhadkan Ho Gayee" Alka Yagnik, Udit Narayan
3"Aye Dil Bata" Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik
4"Julie"Sonu Nigam, Jayesh Gandhi
5"Bheegi Bheegi"Alka Yagnik
6"Ishq Tezaab" Sunidhi Chauhan, Jayesh Gandhi

Reception and legacy

In a contemporary review for Bollywood Hungama, Taran Adarsh gave the film two stars out of five, criticizing various inconsistencies in the plot. [4]

Shortly before the release of Julie 2 in 2017, Devarsi Ghosh of Scroll.in stated "In retrospect, Julie was one of the better erotic Hindi films of the 2000s" and claimed that it, along with Jism and Murder , influenced several later erotic thrillers such as the Hate Story series. [5]

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References

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  2. "Raai Laxmi goes bold in 'Julie 2' trailer". mid-day. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
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