Guddi - 1971

GUDDI

Introduction :

Guddi (Hindi: गुड्डी) 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. 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.

Summary :

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, 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 (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 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 same fears and insecurities as anyone else.

The film ends with Guddi agreeing to marry Navin.

Star Cast

Dharmendra as himself

Jaya Bhaduri as Guddi

Sumita Sanyal as Bhabhi

Utpal Dutt as Professor Gupta

Samit as Navin

Hangal as Guddi's father

Asrani as Kundan

Keshto Mukherjee as Kader Bhai

Vijay Sharma as Kishan

Lalita Kumari as teacher

Arti as Tara

Other Film Crew's "

Directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee

Produced by Hrishikesh Mukherjee and N. C. Sippy

Screenplay by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Gulzar and D. N. Mukherjee

Story by Gulzar

Music by Vasant Desai

Lyrics by Gulzar

Cinematography by Dwarka Divecha

Editor - Das Dhaimade

Cinematographer - Jaywant Pathare

Art Director - Ajit Banerjee

Executive Producer - Romu N. Sippy

Production Executives - T. S. Ganesh and K. G. Nair

Associate Director - Anil Ghosh

Assistant Directors - Saroj Banerjee, Susheela Kamat and Nitin Mukesh

Assistant Art Directors - Ibrahim Mamoo and Ram Gopal Sharma

Assistant Cameramen - Prakash Anandkar, Shashikant Kabre and G. D. Mushtaq

Assistant Editors - Khan Zaman Khan, Shridhar Mishra and J. F. H. Van der Auwera (color consultant)

Wardrobe - M. R. Bhutkar and Mohan Pardesi

Music Assistant - Vasant Achrekar and Sebastian D'Souza

Release date : 15 August 1971

Language : Hindi

Country : India

Cameos :

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:

• Rajesh Khanna
• Amitabh Bachchan
• Biswajeet
• Rajesh Khanna
• Vinod Khanna
• Ashok Kumar
• Dilip Kumar
• Hrishikesh Mukherjee
• Naveen Nischol
• Om Prakash
• Vimi
• Pran
• Shashikala
• Mala Sinha
• Shatrughan Sinha
• Deven Verma

Music Sound Track :

The song "Bole Re Papihara" was listed at No. 21 on Binaca Geetmala annual list 1972.

All lyrics written by Gulzar, all music composed by Vasant Desai.

Songs:

S. No. Song Title  Playback Singer(s)

1. "Bole Re Papihara" - by  Vani Jairam

2. "Hari Bin Kaise Jeeun"  - by  Vani Jairam

3. "Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena"  - by  Vani Jairam and chorus.

Awards and Nominations :

Year Recipient/Nominated work Award Result

1972 Jaya Bhaduri - Filmfare Award for Best Actress - Nominated