Guddi (1971 film)

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	Vasant Desai Gulzar (Lyrics)
Cinematography	Dwarka Divecha
Release date	August 13, 1971
Running time	188 minutes 204 minutes (director's cut, India) 162 minutes (USA)
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Guddi (Hindi: गुड्डी) is a 1971 Hindi 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 Rajesh Khanna, Naveen Nischol, Asrani, 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.

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.