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Name: Guddi (1971 film)
Director: Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Released: 2021-06-20T22:43:57Z
Duration: 2 h
Cast: Dharmendra, Jaya Bhaduri, Utpal Dutt, Samit Bhanja, A. K. Hangal

Guddi
Guddi
	Movie Poster
Directed by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Produced by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Screenplay by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee; Gulzar; D. N. Mukherjee
Story by	Gulzar
Starring	Dharmendra; Jaya Bhaduri; Utpal Dutt; Samit Bhanja; A. K. Hangal; Asrani; Keshto Mukherjee
Music by	Songs:; Vasant Desai; Salil Chowdhury; Background Score:; Vasant Desai
Cinematography	Jaywant Pathare
Release date	24 September 1971;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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Guddi (transl. Doll) 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 debut and 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 Dilip Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Rajesh Khanna, Naveen Nischol, Asrani, Om Prakash, Pran and Vimi gave guest appearances as themselves.^[1]^[2] According to Boxofficeindia.com, the film became a "big city hit" and Hit" business everywhere else.^[3] It was later remade in Tamil as Cinema Paithiyam (1975) starring Jayachitra and Jayasankar.^[4]

Plot[edit | edit source]

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 realize 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 realizes that nothing is true in the real world. While her respect for Dharmendra grows, Guddi comes to realize that he is just as human as anyone around and lives with his fears and insecurities as anyone else.

The film ends with Guddi agreeing to marry Navin.

Cast[edit | edit source]

Dharmendra as Himself
Jaya Bachchan as Guddi/Kusum
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):

Soundtrack[edit | edit source]

All lyrics are written by Gulzar; all music is composed by Vasant Desai, except noted..

Songs
No.	Title	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Bole Re Papihara (Raag Miya Ki Malhar)"	Vani Jairam	3:35
2.	"Hari Bin Kaise Jeeun"	Vani Jairam	3:40
3.	"Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena (Raag Kedar)"	Vani Jairam & chorus	4:30
4.	Untitled (not included in soundtrack)
5.	"Pyaar Pyaar Pyaar" (not included in soundtrack)	Mohammad Rafi
6.	"Aaja Re Pardesi (Composed by: Salil Chowdhury)"	Lata Mangeshkar

Awards and nominations[edit | edit source]


Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
1972	Jaya Bhaduri	Filmfare Award for Best Actress	Nominated

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "rediff.com, Movies: Classics Revisited: Guddi". www.rediff.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
↑ "rediff.com: Hrishikesh Mukherjee's best films". specials.rediff.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
↑ "BoxOffice India.com". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.
↑ "Feature Articles : Retrospect : Kalpana (1977)". Archived from the original on 12 March 2008.

External links[edit | edit source]

Guddi on IMDb
Guddi at YouTube

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[1] "rediff.com, Movies: Classics Revisited: Guddi". www.rediff.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2023.

[2] "rediff.com: Hrishikesh Mukherjee's best films". specials.rediff.com. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 2 October 2009.

[3] "BoxOffice India.com". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013.

[4] "Feature Articles : Retrospect : Kalpana (1977)". Archived from the original on 12 March 2008.

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-| music = [[Vasant Desai]]<br>Gulzar (Lyrics)
+| music = '''Songs:'''<br>[[Vasant Desai]]<br>[[Salil Chowdhury]]<br/>'''Background Score:'''<br/>[[Vasant Desai]]
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-'''''Guddi''''' is a 1971 [[Hindi]] drama film directed by [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] and written by [[Gulzar (lyricist)|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 who has a [[Infatuation|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.<ref name=filmfare>{{cite web|url=http://deep750.googlepages.com/FilmfareAwards.pdf|title=1st Filmfare Awards 1953<!-- Bot gener
+'''''Guddi''''' ({{Translation|Doll}}) is a 1971 Indian [[Hindi]] drama film directed by [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]] and written by [[Gulzar (lyricist)|Gulzar]]. It starred [[Dharmendra]], [[Jaya Bachchan]] and [[Utpal Dutt]]. It is Bachchan's debut and career-making film in which she plays a schoolgirl who has a [[Infatuation|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 [[Dilip Kumar]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Vinod Khanna]], [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Naveen Nischol]], [[Asrani]], [[Om Prakash]], [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] and [[Vimi]] gave guest appearances as themselves.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/02dinesh.htm|title=rediff.com, Movies: Classics Revisited: Guddi|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=4 March 2023|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030233905/https://www.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/02dinesh.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/28slide6.htm|title=rediff.com: Hrishikesh Mukherjee's best films|website=specials.rediff.com|access-date=2 October 2009|archive-date=31 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831045357/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/28slide6.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[Boxofficeindia.com]], the film became a "big city hit" and Hit" business everywhere else.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=177&catName=MTk3MQ== |title=BoxOffice India.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927153831/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=177&catName=MTk3MQ%3D%3D |archive-date=27 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It was later remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Cinema Paithiyam]]'' (1975) starring [[Jayachitra]] and Jayasankar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/featurearticles/retro_kalpana_1972_3.php|title=Feature Articles : Retrospect : Kalpana (1977)<!-- Bot generated title -->|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312033942/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/featurearticles/retro_kalpana_1972_3.php|archive-date=12 March 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
-ated title -->}}</ref> [[Utpal Dutt]] also has a starring role. Many popular [[Bollywood]] actors like [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Naveen Nischol]], [[Asrani]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Om Prakash]] and [[Pran (actor)|Pran]] gave guest appearances as themselves. The film became a "big city hit" and did "above average" business everywhere else.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=177&catName=MTk3MQ== |title=BoxOffice India.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927153831/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=177&catName=MTk3MQ%3D%3D |archive-date=27 September 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It was later remade in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] as ''[[Cinema Paithiyam]]'' (1975) starring [[Jayachitra]] and [[Kamal Haasan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/featurearticles/retro_kalpana_1972_3.php|title=Feature Articles : Retrospect : Kalpana (1977)<!-- Bot generated title -->|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312033942/http://www.telugucinema.com/c/publish/featurearticles/retro_kalpana_1972_3.php|archive-date=12 March 2008|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
 ==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]], 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.
+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 (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.
+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 realize 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 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 realizes that nothing is true in the real world. While her respect for Dharmendra grows, Guddi comes to realize that he is just as human as anyone around and lives with his fears and insecurities as anyone else.
 The film ends with Guddi agreeing to marry Navin.
 ==Cast==
-*[[Jaya Bhaduri|Jaya Bachchan]] <small>as</small> Guddi/Kusum
+*[[Dharmendra]] as Himself
-*[[Dharmendra]] <small>as</small> himself
+*[[Jaya Bhaduri|Jaya Bachchan]] as Guddi/Kusum
-*[[Sumita Sanyal]] <small>as</small> Bhabhi
+*[[Sumita Sanyal]] as Bhabhi
-*[[Utpal Dutt]] <small>as</small> Professor Gupta
+*[[Utpal Dutt]] as Professor S. Gupta
-*[[Samit Bhanja]] <small>as</small> Navin
+*[[Samit Bhanja]] as Navin
-*[[A. K. Hangal|A.K. Hangal]] <small>as</small> Guddi's father
+*[[A. K. Hangal|A.K. Hangal]] as Guddi's father
-*[[Asrani]] <small>as</small> Kundan
+*[[Asrani]] as Kundan
-*[[Keshto Mukherjee]] <small>as</small> Kader Bhai
+*[[Keshto Mukherjee]] as Kader Bhai
-*[[Vijay Sharma]] <small>as</small> Kishan
+*Vijay Sharma as Kishan
-*Lalita Kumari <small>as</small> teacher
+*Lalita Kumari as Teacher
-*Aarti <small>as</small> Tara
+*Aarti as Tara
-==Crew==
+The film featured cameos from actors and industry figures including (in order of appearance):
-*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 Assistant - Vasant Achrekar, [[Sebastian D'Souza]]
-==Cameos==
-The movie was being shot at the same time as Anand, also directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee. The original male lead for the movie was Amitabh Bachchan. But when the director realized while shooting Anand (where Amitabh had a much bigger role) that Amitabh had the makings of a great actor, he promptly removed him from Guddi in which he had a secondary role. ''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 (in order of appearance):
+* [[Dilip Kumar]]
+* [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
+* [[Vinod Khanna]]
+* [[Rajesh Khanna]]
+* [[Shatrughan Sinha]]
 * [[Pran (actor)|Pran]]
-* [[Rajesh Khanna]]
+* [[Om Prakash]]
-* [[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]]
 ==Soundtrack==
-The song "Bole Re Papihara" was listed at #21 on [[Binaca Geetmala annual list 1972]].
 {{Track listing
-| headline        = Songs
+| headline      = Songs
-| extra_column    = Singer(s)
+| extra_column  = Singer(s)
-| all_lyrics      = [[Gulzar]]
+| all_lyrics    = [[Gulzar]]
-| all_music       = [[Vasant Desai]]
+| all_music     = [[Vasant Desai]], except noted.
+| title1        = Bole Re Papihara (Raag Miya Ki Malhar)
-| title1          = Bole Re Papihara
+| extra1        = [[Vani Jairam]]
-| extra1          = [[Vani Jairam]]
+| length1       = 3:35
-| length1         = 3:35
+| title2        = Hari Bin Kaise Jeeun
+| extra2        = Vani Jairam
-| title2          = Hari Bin Kaise Jeeun
+| length2       = 3:40
-| extra2          = [[Vani Jairam]]
+| title3        = Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena (Raag Kedar)
-| length2         = 3:40
+| extra3        = Vani Jairam & chorus
+| length3       = 4:30
-| title3          = Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena
+| title4        =
-| extra3          = [[Vani Jairam]] & chorus
+| note4         = not included in soundtrack
-| length3         = 4:30
+| extra4        =
+| length4       =
-| title4 =
+| title5        = Pyaar Pyaar Pyaar
-| note4 = not include in soundtrack
+| note5         = not included in soundtrack
-| extra4 =
+| extra5        = [[Mohammad Rafi]]
-| length4 =
+| length5       =
+| title6        = Aaja Re Pardesi (Composed by: [[Salil Chowdhury]])
-| title5 = Pyaar Pyaar Pyaar
+| extra6        = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]
-| note5 = not include in soundtrack
+| length6       =
-| extra5 =
-| length5 =
 }}
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 | 1972
-| [[Jaya Bachchan|Jaya Bhaduri]]<ref name=filmfare/>
+| [[Jaya Bachchan|Jaya Bhaduri]]
 | [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress#Winners and nominees|Filmfare Award for Best Actress]]
 | {{nom}}
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 ==External links==
-*{{IMDb title|id=0067164}}
+*{{IMDb title}}
-* [http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/28slide6.htm "Hrishikesh Mukherjee's best films": ''Guddi'' (1971)], rediff.com, 28 August 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2009.
+*{{YouTube|id=5LRE7kxT3Sk|title=Guddi}}
-* [http://www.4to40.com/wordpress/poems-for-kids/poems-in-hindi/hum-ko-man-ki-shakti-dena-gulzar/ "हम को मन की शक्ति देना: गुलज़ार" - गुड्डी फिल्म की लोकप्रिय प्रार्थना Video के साथ]
 {{Hrishikesh Mukherjee}}
-[[Category:Indian films]]
+[[Category:1971 Hindi-language films]]
-[[Category:1970s Hindi-language films]]
+[[Category:1971 Indian films]]
 [[Category:1971 comedy-drama films]]
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 [[Category:Films scored by Vasant Desai]]
 [[Category:Films with screenplays by Gulzar]]
-[[Category:Films about Bollywood]]
+[[Category:Films about Hindi cinema]]
 [[Category:Cultural depictions of Amitabh Bachchan]]
 [[Category:Cultural depictions of Rajesh Khanna]]
 [[Category:Cultural depictions of actors]]
+{{1970s-Hindi-film-stub}}