''Julie 2'' is a

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-language erotic thriller film written, co-produced and directed by

Deepak Shivdasani Deepak Shivdasani is an Indian film director and producer of Bollywood. He made ''Ladaai'' with Aditya Pancholi and Mithun Chakraborty in 1989, '' Baaghi: A Rebel for Love'' with Salman Khan in 1990 and '' Bhai ''Gopi Kishan'', ''Krishna'' and ...

and produced by Vijay Nair. It features

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which marks her debut in

Hindi cinema Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

. This is the

sequel A sequel is a work of literature, film, theatre, television, music or video game that continues the story of, or expands upon, some earlier work. In the common context of a narrative work of fiction, a sequel portrays events set in the same ...

to Shivdasani's earlier film ''

Julie Julie may refer to: * Julie (given name), a list of people and fictional characters with the name Film and television * ''Julie'' (1956 film), an American film noir starring Doris Day * ''Julie'' (1975 film), a Hindi film by K. S. Sethumadhava ...

'' (2004). Viju Shah composes the film's score and soundtrack while

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handles the cinematography.

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commenced in September 2015. Filming locations include

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and

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. The film's first look poster was released on 14 February 2016 coinciding with

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. The film was released on 24 November 2017.

Plot

A wanna be actress Julie (Raai) struggles through sleazy innuendos before caving in and getting embroiled in the shadowy world that purportedly finances the film industry. Her first love Mohit abandons her at the first sign of trouble while her second (Ravi Kisshen) uses her and moves on to his next conquest. The third one is Dubai Don Lala (Dev Gill) and her fourth a cricketer who thinks she won't suit the sati savitri image his parents expect of his bride. So that leaves Julie in a huddle and egged on by her woman Friday, Annie (Rati Agnihotri) she chooses Jesus – only to be gunned down the day after her symbolic baptism. The rest of the film has a ferocious looking ACP Dev Dutt (Aditya Srivastava) trying to arrive at a decent enough reason for her murder. Of course, the power broker with CM aspirations and a dead wife who looks like Julie's doppelganger, may have something to do with it.

Cast

as Julie / Sumitra Devi * Nishikant Kamat as Film Director Mohit *

Dev Gill Dev Singh Gill is an Indian actor and model known for his work in Telugu, Tamil and Kannada movies alongside Hindi and Punjabi movies. Career Gill made his debut with film ''Shaheed-E-Azam'' (2002). In 2008, he acted in Telugu language film ...

as Atif Lala *

Ravi Kishan Ravi Kishan Shukla (; born 17 July 1969), popularly known as Ravi Kishan, is an Indian actor, politician, film producer and television personality. He currently serves as Member of parliament, Lok Sabha from Gorakhpur. His film works are predo ...

as Ravi Kumar * Asad Raza Khan as Ambani *

Aditya Srivastava Aditya Srivastava (born 21 July 1968) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi films, television and theatre. He is best known for his role as Senior Inspector Abhijeet in India's longest-running television police procedural '' C.I.D.''. He has ...

as ACP Dev Dutt * Pankaj Tripathy as Ashwin Asthana *

Rati Agnihotri Rati Agnihotri (born 10 December 1960) is an Indian actress, known for acting in Hindi, as well as in Telugu and Tamil language films. Her roles in the cult-tragedy film ''Ek Duuje Ke Liye'' (1981) and the drama film '' Tawaif'' (1985) earned ...

as Annie Aunty *

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as Julie's father

Production

Initially

Paoli Dam Paoli Dam (born 1980) is an Indian actress who started her career with the Bengali television serial ''Jibon Niye Khela'' (2003). She then worked in Bengali television serials such as ''Tithir Atithi'' and ''Sonar Harin''; the former ran for ...

was approached for the titular role after her success in

Hate Story ''Hate Story'' is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language erotic thriller film directed by Vivek Agnihotri and produced by Vikram Bhatt. It stars Nikhil Dwivedi, Gulshan Devaiya and Paoli Dam and the film was released on 20 April 2012. The first instal ...

but she refused as she did not want to be stereotype. In July 2015,

was signed by

for the

to his film ''

'' (2004). It was her first Hindi film, and 50th film as an actress.

Release and Marketing

The first look was released on 14 February 2016. In mid October 2016 Raai Laxmi in an interview said that the film will be released in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil languages .

Soundtrack

References

External links

* * {{Deepak Shivdasani 2017 films 2010s Hindi-language films Indian sequel films Films scored by Viju Shah Indian romantic thriller films Indian erotic thriller films 2010s erotic thriller films 2010s romantic thriller films Films shot in Dubai Films shot at Ramoji Film City Films directed by Deepak Shivdasani