Guddi (1971 film)

Guddi
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Directed byHrishikesh Mukherjee
Screenplay byHrishikesh Mukherjee
Gulzar
D. N. Mukherjee
Story byGulzar
Produced byHrishikesh Mukherjee
StarringDharmendra
Jaya Bhaduri
Utpal Dutt
Samit Bhanja
A. K. Hangal
Asrani
Keshto Mukherjee
Cinematographyjaywant pathare
Music bySongs:
Vasant Desai
Shankar–Jaikishan
Salil Chowdhury
Background Score:
Vasant Desai
Release date
  • 24 September 1971 (1971-09-24)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Guddi 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 Rajesh Khanna, Naveen Nischol, Asrani, Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Om Prakash and Pran 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]

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  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.