Guddi is a
Hindi comedy-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 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.
