The young modern school girl in Mumbai informs her would be husband ' I can't marry you. I already love another man. But he is already married and he has kids so I guess I will always remain single and devoted to him, just like Meerabai was to Krishna!'
The disappointed man asks her politely ' Who is that man whom you love ?'
The girl responds sincerely ' Dharmendra!'
Her would be husband bursts out laughing 'That actor Dharmendra?'
Directed by the Hrishikesh Mukerjee, the movie explores the psyche of young girls and boys who fall in love with movie stars to the point of infatuation that affects their home life. Yet it is a light hearted movie. As teenagers all of us admired our favorite stars like Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan etc etc and skipped classes to watch their movies. We thought that the villains of these movies were bad persons in real life and that heroes were really strong. They could hang from helicopters, fight on top of moving trains etc etc without a scratch on their body.
To cure Guddi, her uncle, an experimental psychologist, takes the help of the real actor Dharmendra. They visit several movie sets and see how movies are made. She watches Dharmendra up close and sees him fight the villain Pran in front of the camera yet in real life they happen to be good friends. [The villain's duplicate replaces the villain when the fight gets intense.]
She watches Rajesh Khanna give a very romantic dialogue addressed to the heroine, facing the camera all alone without the heroine being present! Yet, by the magic of editing, the hero and heroine will appear to converse face to face on the screen.
Guddi is finally cured when she realizes that the entire thing is make believe just like a play on the stage. [Her real bridegroom becomes friends with the actor Dharmendra and they share tennis games together.]
Guddi then falls in love with her real man and we the audience fell in love with the actress Jaya Bhaduri, who plays Guddi, admiring her talent as she transforms from a young star-struck high school girl to a mature lady in 1970s Mumbai!
The disappointed man asks her politely ' Who is that man whom you love ?'
The girl responds sincerely ' Dharmendra!'
Her would be husband bursts out laughing 'That actor Dharmendra?'
Directed by the Hrishikesh Mukerjee, the movie explores the psyche of young girls and boys who fall in love with movie stars to the point of infatuation that affects their home life. Yet it is a light hearted movie. As teenagers all of us admired our favorite stars like Rajesh Khanna, Dharmendra, Amitabh Bachchan etc etc and skipped classes to watch their movies. We thought that the villains of these movies were bad persons in real life and that heroes were really strong. They could hang from helicopters, fight on top of moving trains etc etc without a scratch on their body.
To cure Guddi, her uncle, an experimental psychologist, takes the help of the real actor Dharmendra. They visit several movie sets and see how movies are made. She watches Dharmendra up close and sees him fight the villain Pran in front of the camera yet in real life they happen to be good friends. [The villain's duplicate replaces the villain when the fight gets intense.]
She watches Rajesh Khanna give a very romantic dialogue addressed to the heroine, facing the camera all alone without the heroine being present! Yet, by the magic of editing, the hero and heroine will appear to converse face to face on the screen.
Guddi is finally cured when she realizes that the entire thing is make believe just like a play on the stage. [Her real bridegroom becomes friends with the actor Dharmendra and they share tennis games together.]
Guddi then falls in love with her real man and we the audience fell in love with the actress Jaya Bhaduri, who plays Guddi, admiring her talent as she transforms from a young star-struck high school girl to a mature lady in 1970s Mumbai!
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