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Guddi is a
Guddi is a
1971 Hindi comedy-drama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and written by Gulzar. It starred Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan and Utpal Dutt. It is Jaya Bachchan (née Bhaduri)'s career-making film in which she plays a schoolgirl obsessed with the actor Dharmendra, who plays himself. She earned a Filmfare nomination as Best Actress, the only nomination for the film.[1] Utpal Dutt also has a starring role. Many popular Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Om Prakash and Pran gave guest appearances as themselves. The film became a "big city hit" and did "above average" business everywhere else.[2] It was later remade in Tamil as Cinema Paithiyam (1975) starring Jayachitra and Kamal Haasan.[3]
Contents [hide]
1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Crew
4 Cameos
5 Soundtrack
6 References
7 External links
Plot
Kusum (aka Guddi) (Jaya Bachchan) is a spunky and carefree schoolgirl who lives with her father (A. K. Hangal), brother and sister-in-law (Sumita Sanyal). Guddi has a crush on film star Dharmendra, who plays himself. Nobody knows the extent of her crush until she visits Bombay, where her sister-in-law's brother, Navin (played by Bengali film actor Samit Bhanja), develops a crush on her. Guddi discloses to Navin that she is in love with Dharmendra. In an attempt to win Guddi's heart, Navin discusses the matter with his uncle (Utpal Dutt), who just happens to know Dharmendra. With Dharmendra's help, they try to show Guddi the difference between the real world and the reel world. Guddi changes and accepts that nothing is true in the reel world. The film ends with Guddi agreeing to marry Navin.
Cast[edit]
Dharmendra as Himself
Jaya Bhaduri as Guddi
Sumita Sanyal as Bhabhi
Utpal Dutt as Professor Gupta
Samit Bhanja as Navin (as Samit)
A. K. Hangal as Guddi's father (as Hangal)
Asrani as Kundan
Keshto Mukherjee as Kader Bhai
Vijay Sharma as Kishan
Lalita Kumari as Teacher
Aarti as Tara (as Arti)
Crew[edit]
Director - Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Story - Gulzar
Screenplay - Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Gulzar, D. N. Mukherjee
Dialogue - Gulzar
Editor - Das Dhaimade
Cinematographer - Jaywant Pathare
Art Director - Ajit Banerjee
Producers - Hrishikesh Mukherjee, N. C. Sippy
Executive Producer - Romu N. Sippy
Production Executives - T. S. Ganesh, K. G. Nair
Associate Director - Anil Ghosh
Assistant Directors - Saroj Banerjee, Susheela Kamat, Nitin Mukesh
Assistant Art Directors - Ibrahim Mamoo, Ram Gopal Sharma
Assistant Cameramen - Prakash Anandkar, Shashikant Kabre, G. D. Mushtaq
Assistant Editors - Khan Zaman Khan, Shridhar Mishra, J. F. H. Van der Auwera (color consultant)
Wardrobe - M. R. Bhutkar, Mohan Pardesi
Music Director - Vasant Desai
Music Assistant - Vasant Achrekar, Sebastian D'Souza
Lyricist - Gulzar
Playback Singer - Vani Jairam
Cameos[edit]
Guddi provides a rare behind-the-scenes look at the movie industry in Bombay during the late 1960s and early 1970s and featured cameos from a lot of the major actors and industry figures at that time including:
Amitabh Bachchan
Biswajeet
Rajesh Khanna
Vinod Khanna
Ashok Kumar
Dilip Kumar
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Naveen Nischol
Om Prakash
Pran
Shashikala
Mala Sinha
Shatrughan Sinha
Deven Verma
Vimmi
Soundtrack[edit]
The song "Bole Re Papihara" was listed at #21 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1972.
All lyrics written by Gulzar, all music composed by Vasant Desai.
No. Title Singer(s) Length
1. "Bole Re Papihara" Vani Jairam 3:35
2. "Hari Bin Kaise Jeeun" Vani Jairam 3:40
3. "Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena" Vani Jairam & chorus 4:30