Julie (2004 film)

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]

Julie
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Deepak Shivdasani
Written by	Nishikant Kamat (screenplay) Sanjay Pawar (dialogue)
Produced by	Jay Agarwal N.R. Pachisia
Starring	Neha Dhupia Priyanshu Chatterjee Yash Tonk
Cinematography	Thomas A. Xavier
Edited by	Steven Bernard
Music by	Score: Naresh Sharma Songs: Himesh Reshammiya
Release date	23 July 2004 (2004-07-23)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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, a girl next door from Goa, gets dumped by her boyfriend, Neil, she moves to Mumbai. There, she gets intimate with her boss, Rohan. Heartbroken and emotionless, she loses faith in love and decides to become a call girl. A chance meeting with Mihir Shandilya, 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

• Neha Dhupia as Julie
• Priyanshu Chatterjee as Mihir Shandilya
• Yash Tonk as Neil
• Sanjay Kapoor as Rohan
• Achint Kaur as Tara Aggarwal
• Anil Nagrath as Vishal (Editor-in-Chief of D Network)
• Manish Khanna as Naidu (CEO of C TV)
• Sudhir Joshi as Father of Julie
• Brij Gopal as Mr. Malhotra
• Donny Bharadwaj as Sonia Shandilya, Mihir's sister
• Master Vishal Gulati as Sunny Shandilya
• Shiva Rindani
• Ahmed Khan
• Ishwar Patel as Mihir's Uncle
• Kamini Khanna as Mrs. Shandilya, Mihir's mother
• Rishikesh Sharma as Rishi Nair

Soundtrack

Julie
Soundtrack album by Himesh Reshammiya
Released	16 June 2004 (India)
Recorded	2004
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]

#	Title	Singer (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]