''June R'' is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language

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directed by Revathy Varmha. The film stars

Jyothika Jyothika Saravanan (; born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actress, model and film producer who predominantly appears in Tamil films.

in the title role which was her 25th Tamil film along with the supporting cast Khushbu Sundar,

Saritha Saritha is an Indian actress who has acted in more than 500 films in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu languages. She was one of the popular and critically acclaimed lead actresses during the 1980s. She also appeared in a television serial, ...

and

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. The film's soundtrack are composed by Malayalam composer Sharreth, while

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was the cinematographer. The film released in February 2006. The Hindi remake of the film, '' Aap Ke Liye Hum'', remains unreleased.

Plot

June R ( Jyotika), an orphan, was born in the month of June, for which she was named. She works in an advertising agency. One day she happens to come across a middle-aged woman (

) hurt badly in an accident. She admits her in hospital and tells the doctor that it is her mother Rajalakshmi in order to save her life from the regular hierarchical rules of the hospital. Coming to Rajalakshmi (named by June) who happens to be Mrs. Raniammal, a widowed woman who strives to bring up her only son Arun (

) whereas Arun smitten by his wife's words for the wealth and money of his mother, plans to send her away from his home to an orphanage in order to settle with his wife in New York City. Deeply hurt, Raniammal finds solace in June's company, who also longs for a motherly love since childhood. June decides to take Rajalakshmi to her house and calls her mom. Both together (June and Rajalakshmi) cherish life who once were starved for love. Later her son comes back again to take his mother back, Rajalakshmi realising her sons evil thoughts refuses to get back to him. Later on Rajalakshmi's refusal he visits June and quarrels with her to give back his mother, June baffles with his sudden love for his mother. This implies an emotional entangle between the both meanwhile Rajalakshmi falls sick and June on seeing Raniammal's pathetic condition brings her brother ( Ravikumar) whom she wanted to meet before she dies. On visiting Rajalakshmi's home town she unveils the mystery behind his sudden love for his mother. Now entrant Amudha ( Khushbu Sundar) a noted and leading lawyer aids June to get back her new mother legally, prostrating Arun's wicked thoughts in the law of court . At last the judgement favours June . Though June succeeds in her mission of getting back her mother, but fate has some storm in its store, June finds Rajalakshmi dead when she comes back. Now comes Raja (

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), a rich client of June's advertising agency falls in love with her who consoles her on this uncompensable loss and takes her along with him, just the way her mother Rajalakshmi wished.

Cast

Jyothika Jyothika Saravanan (; born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actress, model and film producer who predominantly appears in Tamil films.

as June R. (Voice over by Jayageetha) * Khushbu Sundar as Amudha (Voice over by Anuradha) *

as Rajalakshmi *

as Arun * Ravikumar as Rajalakshmi's brother *

Siddharth Venugopal Siddharth Venugopal is a former Indian actor and Assistant director who has appeared in Tamil films. He made his debut in Gandhi Krishna's romantic musical '' Ananda Thandavam'' (2009), also playing a supporting role alongside Vijay Antony in ' ...

as Sundar *

as Raja (guest appearance)

Production

Revathy Varma had published ''June R'' as a novelette in the English periodical ''

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'' and wanted to make the story into a feature film. She approached a Hindi film producer in Mumbai and decided that

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, Tabu and

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would play the lead roles in the film. Jyothika suggested that the film should be made in Tamil first and production began and Kushboo was signed on for a key role. Saritha was selected over

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for another senior role in the film. Biju Menon, a Malayalam actor, was also picked to play a leading role in the film.

Release

The film was initially scheduled for release in June 2005 but was later pushed back to release in the Diwali season of 2005 so the film could be promoted more heavily. The film was also caught up when Kushboo's films were temporarily banned after her comments on pre-marital sex angered Indian political parties.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Sharreth, being his second project in Tamil after '' Magic Magic 3D'' (2003). The audio of ''June R'' was launched at Green Park Hotel in Chennai on 10 September 2005 by

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, with singer

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also in attendance.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt0475632 2006 films 2000s Tamil-language films Films scored by Sharreth Indian drama films Indian feminist films Films about women in India Tamil films remade in other languages 2006 directorial debut films