Movie Preview On Julie

Julie

By Taran Adarsh, July 23rd, 2004 - 1600 hrs IST


Let's clarify at the very outset… If you're expecting JULIE to be a soft porn film, with sleaze aplenty, peddling skin-show in every alternate scene, you've entered the wrong auditorium. Yes, JULIE has a few sex-laden sequences -- after all it is based on the life of a prostitute -- but the exposure is more or less in keeping with the demand of the subject.

Borrowing the essence from R.K.'s blockbuster hit RAM TERI GANGA MAILI and a bit from the Julia Roberts-Richard Gere smash hit PRETTY WOMAN, Deepak Shivdasani depicts the transition of a simple small-town girl to a high class prostitute in a metropolis.

So, is it a compelling tale? Not exactly! JULIE has a few interesting moments, but the inconsistencies outweigh the positive aspects of this enterprise.

Mihir Shandilya [Priyanshu Chatterjee], the most eligible bachelor in town, is invited by a television host [Achint Kaur] for a rendezvous. The young tycoon talks about his success story and on being questioned about his prospective life partner, he confesses that there is a woman in his life.

Julie [Neha Dhupia] is that mystery woman. However, she is unnerved by the program and wants to reveal the secret to the world. She wants to confess that she is a prostitute by profession, a fact that Mihir and his family members are unaware of.

Flashback: Julie is in love with Neil [Yash Tonk]. But after an intimate session, Neil leaves her in a lurch for better prospects. Julie decides to start life afresh and shifts to Mumbai, where her childhood friend Dinky resides.

Related Features      The post-interval portions do get exciting, what with Julie ready to reveal her story to the world on a television show. But this half also has its share of deficiencies.

In the first place, what was the need for Julie to tell the world that she is a prostitute and that a tycoon has proposed marriage to her? What was the need to publicly malign someone who loves her dearly? Instead, why doesn't she reveal all to Mihir within the four walls of her home? Julie even records multiple promos as if she was going to be richly rewarded for appearing in a show like this… What was the need for all this if coming out to the world, including Mihir and his family, was supposedly an emotional aspect for Julie?

Even the finale is not as expected. Besides being talk-heavy, it takes swipes at the society, something that the cinegoer has witnessed innumerable times before.

On the plus side, the generous display of skin show and a few fiery dialogues [at the very start of the film and also when Julie confronts her first boyfriend Neil at the hotel] are the mainstay of the film. Of course, the sex quotient, in small doses and at regular intervals, should also appeal to the hoi polloi, but in the absence of a tight script, the impact gets diluted to an extent. A better screenplay would've only enhanced the outcome.

Director Deepak Shivdasani has handled a few sequences like a seasoned player. Julie's outburst in the television channel office initially, also when she confronts Sanjay Kapoor, besides the sequence with Yash Tonk, are three brilliantly executed sequences.

Nishikant Kamat's screenplay has its share of loose ends. Frankly, the film has basic flaws in the plot [pointed above], which do take a toll on the screenplay. Sanjay Pawar's dialogues sound different, but go over the top at times.

Himesh Reshammiya's music is a mix of melodious and raunchy numbers. At least two numbers, 'Ae Dil Ye Bata' and 'Ishq Tezaab Hai Rabba', stand out for their catchy tunes. Also, the picturization of both is highly erotic. Background music [Naresh Sharma] is appropriate.

Neha Dhupia gets tremendous scope to display histrionics and anatomy. While she exposes her anatomy without inhibitions, her performance isn't as awe-inspiring as one would've expected it to be. She does make a sincere effort and also impresses in a few scenes, but she still needs to work on her expressions. Sanjay Kapoor enacts his part with complete understanding of the character. Priyanshu Chatterjee gets the meatier part and he sinks his teeth into it, delivering a competent performance. Yash Tonk has a small role, which he carries off quite well. Achint Kaur is first-rate. Kiran Kumar, Sudhir Joshi, Kamini Khanna and Donny Bharadwaj lend decent support.

On the whole, JULIE is an ordinary product. At the box-office, the sex-laden promos and the fiery dialogues should attract the hardcore masses in the first weekend mainly. Thereafter, the journey of the film will be better at smaller centres. However, the major opposition this week [SPIDER-MAN 2 and to an extent ASAMBHAV] as also the next week [MUJHSE SHAADI KAROGI] will curtail its business prospects to an extent.

Rating:- * *.

this move is very powerfull

There is a dialouge in this movie: "we chose differnt proffessions ,like be a doctor, be a lawyer , be an architecht, why don't some body come up as i want to be a prostitute?

Any answers

Yeah Anju i really like the way she says it.

Sorry no answer.SO i want to Pass this question to my other frens

kanchi

Because its a dirty job. Like politics. And also because of the high chances of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (for which there is no cure).

MYSTICA MAGIC

I agree with u 100% but tell me why movies like this are still being promoting ,if this is so bad ,why there is no ban on movie making like these  ?

 

wow jodi that was something but that is exactly the point.

every coin has 2 sides

u can not just say that this is a bad

Well, the question asked "why no take up prostitution?" which I answered from a personal point of view...basically I was weighing my own costs versus my own benefits.

Movies like this are made for a reason. They basically show how people get into the line...like jodi said - most of the time there is no choice.

I just remembered a line from a song of the film Company "Sab ganda hain par dhanda hain yeh..."

Its a dirty job, but people do it. Prostitution is legalized in Holland and Germany, I think (not exactly sure).

Why has it been classified as a bad?

In my opinion, its due to basic family culture. If a man leaves his wife for another woman and this other woman ends up pregnant, he may have to provide for her. Or he may divorce his wife for her. Its bad because it may break up a family. The infidelity issue arises.

Again, the idea of prostitution being a bad is based on the consensus of a majority. The laws with regards to prostitution have rarely been changed for centuries in most places, in spite of the fact that it is "the oldest profession". WHY?

Because, its COSTS to society as a whole are still > the SOCIAL BENEFITS.

 

also mystica.. prostitution is legalized in USA.. i went to las vegas the other day.. and it was terrible.. but thats life.. and some women are forced into it... but they need to live too