Guddi (1971 film)

Guddi Hindi is a 1971 Hindi comedydrama film directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and written by Gulzar. It starred Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan and Utpal Dutt. It is Jaya Bachchan ne Bhaduris careermaking 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. 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. It was later remade in Tamil as Cinema Paithiyam 1975 starring Jayachitra and Kamal Haasan.

Nobody knows the extent of her crush until she visits Bombay, where her sisterinlaws brother Navin played by Bengali film actor Samit Bhanja 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 Utpal Dutt, 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 makebelieve 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 same fears and insecurities as anyone else. ........

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