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“June celebrates everything ordinary about a girl’s growing-up years; her teens and youth with its share of friendship, infatuation, romance, heartbreaks, confusion, freedom… before she comes of age. The film is for every June Sara Joy amidst us,” says director Ahammed Khabeer.The filmmaker says that stepping into a female’s shoes was not a difficult process for the three male scenarists — himself, Libin Varghese and Jeevan Baby Mathew. “My best friends include many women. In the movie, June shares a special bond with her parents, especially her father, Joy (Joju George). Many of their scenes together are heavily inspired by my friends’ bonding with their parents. And I didn’t have to find inspiration elsewhere to write about love and break-ups, having gone through that phase myself!” he adds.
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The school years were taken straight out of his Plus Two days at Girideepam School, Kottayam. “Many of my real-life friends are featured in the story,” says Khabeer, a native of Thazhathangadi in Kottayam.Khabeer avers that June is not just about a particular girl’s journey, it is for every girl who wants to follow her dreams. “No one stops a boy/man from pursuing his dreams, whether he is married or not. But, for many girls, marriage means leaving behind their ambitions, while embracing a new life. It is unfair because a girl has the right to dream and to work towards that. Her family’s support counts as well,” says the 29-year-old filmmaker.