Guddi (1971 film)

Guddi
Guddi
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Directed by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Screenplay by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee; Gulzar; D. N. Mukherjee
Story by	Gulzar
Produced by	Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Starring	Dharmendra; Jaya Bhaduri; Utpal Dutt; Samit Bhanja; A. K. Hangal; Asrani; Keshto Mukherjee
Cinematography	jaywant pathare
Music by	Vasant Desai; Gulzar (Lyrics)
Release date	24 September 1971;
Running time	120 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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 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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