Guddi s career making film in which she plays a school girl 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 in the movie. Many popular Bollywood actors like Amitabh Bachchan, Om Prakash and Pran give a guest appearance as themselves in the movie. The film became a "big city hit" and did "above average" business everywhere else. The film was later remade into a hit Tamil film Cinema Paithiyam [1976] starring Jayachitra and Kamal Haasan.
Kusum [aka Guddi] [Jaya Bachchan] is a spunky and carefree schoolgirl who lives with her father, brother, and her brothers wife. 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-laws 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 Guddis heart, Navin discusses the matter with his uncle [Uttpal Dutt], who just happens to know Dharmendra. With Dharmendras help, they try to show Guddi the difference between the real world and the reel world.Guddi changes and accepts that in the reel world nothing is true.The film ends by Guddi agreeing to marry Navin.
Soundtrack
| Song | Singer[s] | Notes
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|---|
| Bole Re Papihara
| Vani Jairam
| Lyrics by Gulzar
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| Hari Bin Kaise Jeeun
| Vani Jairam
| Lyrics by Gulzar
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| Humko Man Ki Shakti Dena
| Vani Jairam and chorus
| Lyrics by Gulzar
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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:
* 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
Source :
Guddi Wiki Page
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