Julie is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language 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. It is a remake of the Malayalam film Chattakari (1974), which also stars Lakshmi as the lead in her Malayalam film debut. She would star in yet another remake of the film, the Telugu film Miss Julie Prema Katha (1975).

Plot

This film depicts the restrictive social conventions regarding inter-religion marriage and pre-marital pregnancy in India. Julie is a Christian Anglo-Indian girl with a loving, but alcoholic father, a dominating mother, a younger brother and sister. She falls in love with her best friend, Usha Bhattacharya's brother Shashi Bhattacharya, a Hindu Brahmin boy. The lovers consummate their relationship, which leaves her pregnant. Shashi goes away to the city for corporate job, unaware of her pregnancy. Her mother is distraught when Julie tells her about the pregnancy. They do not tell the rest of the family. Her mother thinks about getting Julie an abortion, but Ruby Aunty, a devout Christian, talks her out of it. Julie is sent away to have her baby in secret. The rest of the family is told that Julie got a job in another town. After the baby's birth, Julie's mother arranges for the child to be left in an orphanage, and demands that Julie return home and forget about the baby.