Film Julie released today. March 18, 1975 Indian 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. 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. It had one of the first English songs in an Indian film, "My Heart is Beating", sung by Preeti Sagar. 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. 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. 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. 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.
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Ironically both Sridevi and Rita Bhaduri who debuted in this movie died in the same year (2018).
Vikram stated "I was offered - Julie - the biggest blunder of my life. Sure, it was a super hit, but for a hit like that, you must have a super role. Mine was the wrong role. Before this film, I had action films on one side and romantic ones on the other. I was just establishing an image. At that time, the Julie role shouldn't have happened because it was bad.The hero was suppressed in the entire film and it was totally heroine- oriented. My mistake entirely. If I hadn't done this film, I would have slowly come into my own position. After Julie was released, I had a lot of problems. I was dropped from many films. At that time, a lot of heroes had refused the film. I went by the name of Nagi Reddy, Madras banner, etc. But even one wrong move for an actor is enough. Even today, I repent doing that film.Only benefit was that before Julie, the kind of signing amounts I received were mind-boggling. And whatever money I got, I invested in shares or factories. Even today, I am secure because of those investments. I can make 10 films if I want to. Imagine, I had signed 20 films before the release of Julie and not one after it. Even Amitabh wouldn't have survived by doing that role. Because even if it's a small role, you must look like a hero. I wasn't even in the climax. (Laughs) Utpal Dutt was the hero of the film
Pop singer Sukhdev did another version of the song titled "My Heart Is Beating".
Sridevi was 11 years old when she started shooting for the film. She was shooting for her debut in the south as a lead heroine at the same time. In Julie she was suppose to have a boyfriend but did not know the meaning of it. Sridevi's mother was angry that Sridevi's hair was chopped off for the film.
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