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| Director
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Deepak Shivdasani |
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Neha Dhupia |
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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.
Thanks to Dinky, Julie
gets a secretarial job in a construction company. It
is here that she meets Rohan [Sanjay Kapoor]. Julie
finds an anchor in Rohan, who also seems completely
besotted by her.
But Rohan and Julie
part ways on a bitter note, after Rohan suggests that
Julie spend a night with a tycoon [Kiran Kumar] to bag
a prized contract. Shocked and dismayed, Julie takes
to prostitution…
Back to the present:
Mihir reaches the studio [where Julie is recording her
'live' interview] and openly expresses his desire to
marry her.
A story like the one
in JULIE isn't new. There have been umpteen versions
of jilted women resorting to prostitution tales in the
past. But the reasons that force Julie to take to prostitution
aren't persuasive enough.
To start with, Julie
is portrayed as a conscientious person, with morals
and scruples intact. For that kind of a person to take
to prostitution, just because she was jilted in love,
appears contrived and not in sync with her character.
It's all the more difficult to absorb because barely
a scene or two before, a defiant Julie had walked out
of her second boyfriend because he had suggested that
she spend a night with a tycoon to bag an assignment.
The premise of the film
is itself faulty!
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.
Courtesy
: IndiaFm.com
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