Chattakaari

<p>Julie is the eldest daughter of Morris, an Anglo-Indian engine-driver. Usha her close friend is from an orthodox family. At Usha’s residence she (Julie) meets her brother Sasi who is studying at a different place. Julie soon falls in love with Sasi. The relationship gets more cozy and Julie gets pregnant. The rest of the plot revolves around the struggles of Julie and her baby boy, against the hypocritic fangs of society.<br /> The plot addresses themes like Life of in , the alarming rise in and the taboo associated with , all of which were hot topics of discussion when the movie released in 1974. According to the producer Suresh Kumar, the relevance of the remake lies in the present day Kerala society, which is still no different from the then society, with respect to these social aspects. Being a heroine oriented film, the role of Julie was first to be fixed. Many mainstream actresses were considered, and the team zeroed in on . , who has previously acted in some Malayalam movies was fixed as the male lead. Innocent plays the character of Morris, which was handled by the thespian of Malayalam cinema, . Sukumari is the only actress present in both the versions of the movie. The support cast include Suvarna and Malu Raveendranath, portraying the characters of Julie’s mother and sister respectively. The film was shot predominantly at , with some scenes being shot at , and hill stations in . The filming completed in a record 25 days. A song was shot at , near amidst heavy rain. The film features a soundtrack composed by with lyrics penned by , Rajeev Alunkal, Charu Hariharan. published the music for the film and was released on 2 June 2012 by Honorable Minister for Film Development at . The behind the scenes videos of the songs “Nilave Nilave” and “Oh My Julie” were released online in .</p>