Guddi (1971 film)

Guddi is a 1971 Indian Hindi drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and written by Gulzar. It starred Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan and Utpal Dutt. It is Bachchan's career-making film in which she plays a schoolgirl who has a crush on and is obsessed with the actor Dharmendra, who plays himself. She earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress, the only nomination for the film. Dutt also has a starring role. Many Bollywood actors like Rajesh Khanna, Naveen Nischol, Asrani, Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Om Prakash and Pran gave guest appearances as themselves. According to Boxofficeindia.com, the film became a "big city hit" and Hit" business everywhere else. It was later remade in Tamil as Cinema Paithiyam (1975) starring Jayachitra and Jayasankar.

Plot
Kusum (aka Guddi) is a spunky and carefree schoolgirl who lives with her father, brother and sister-in-law. Guddi has a crush on film star Dharmendra, whom she regards as a superman who can do no wrong, unable to distinguish between his on-screen image and the real person behind the star.

Nobody knows the extent of her crush until she visits Bombay, where her sister-in-law's brother Navin proposes to her, only to be taken aback when Guddi discloses that she is in love with Dharmendra. Navin discusses the matter with his uncle, who decides that the only solution is to make Guddi realise the difference between illusion and reality.

The uncle contacts Dharmendra through a mutual friend. With his help, they show Guddi the difference between the real world and the make-believe world of cinema. Exposed for the first time to the grime and the cruel and heartless world behind the glamour of cinema, Guddi realises that nothing is true in the reel world. While her respect for Dharmendra grows, Guddi comes to realise that he is just as human as anyone around and lives with the his fears and insecurities as anyone else.

The film ends with Guddi agreeing to marry Navin.

Cast

 * Jaya Bachchan as Guddi/Kusum
 * Dharmendra as himself
 * Sumita Sanyal as Bhabhi
 * Utpal Dutt as Professor S. Gupta
 * Samit Bhanja as Navin
 * A.K. Hangal as Guddi's father
 * Asrani as Kundan
 * Keshto Mukherjee as Kader Bhai
 * Vijay Sharma as Kishan
 * Lalita Kumari as teacher
 * Aarti as Tara

The film featured cameos from actors and industry figures including (in order of appearance):


 * Pran
 * Rajesh Khanna
 * Vinod Khanna
 * Ashok Kumar
 * Dilip Kumar
 * Naveen Nischol
 * Amitabh Bachchan
 * Mala Sinha
 * Biswajeet
 * Hrishikesh Mukherjee (As a director)
 * Om Prakash
 * Vimi
 * Shashikala
 * Shatrughan Sinha
 * Deven Verma

Awards and nominations

 * 1972
 * Jaya Bhaduri
 * Filmfare Award for Best Actress
 * Nominated
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