She's obsessed with a movie star. Her family thinks she's crazy. They're not entirely wrong.
A teenage girl will not accept her family's attempt to arrange a marriage for her, as her heart is currently too full of love for the movies and heartthrob actor "Dharmendra."
Acting
Jaya Bachchan's debut sparkle—petulant, dreamy, utterly real.
Direction
Hrishikesh Mukherjee's gentle satire of his own industry.
Cinematography
Bombay as romantic dreamscape through a teenager's eyes.
Director
Hrishikesh Mukherjee
Dharmendra
Dharmendra
Jaya Bachchan
Guddi
Sumita Sanyal
Bhabhi
Utpal Dutt
Prof. Gupta
Samit Bhanja
Navin
A.K. Hangal
Guddi's father
Asrani
Kundan
Keshto Mukherjee
Kader Bhai
Lalita Kumari
Teacher
Rajesh Khanna
Self
Amitabh Bachchan
Self (a scene from "Parwana (1971)") (uncredited)
Pran Sikand
Self
Vinod Khanna
Self (shooting of "Mere Apne (1971)") (uncredited)
Ashok Kumar
Self
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Dharmendra plays himself in extended cameos—the film blurs documentary and fiction decades before it was trendy.
Guddi's obsession mirrors how Hindi cinema functioned as collective fantasy for millions of Indian women with limited autonomy.
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