Genre:Drama
Year:1971
The film marked the movie debut of Jaya Bachchan.She plays Kusum, a school girl crazy about movies and madly in love with filmstar Dharmendra.Kusum lives with her dad(A.k Hangal),elder brother Vijay Kishore and Bhahbi Sumita Sanyal.Her family members know about her craze for movies but they don't know anything about her crush on Dharmendra(he playts himself in the movie).Her cousin Navin(Sumit Bhanja) is interested in her but cannot express his feelings for her.He comes to visit them and tries to spend time with Guddi but she only talks about movies.During her vacations she comes to Mumbai to stay with her uncle Professor Gupta(Utpal Dutt in a delightful role).Mr Gupta and her bhabhi talk about marrying Kusum to Navin.It is then that she tells Navin that she cannot marry him as she is in love with Dharmendra.Navin tells this to Prof Gupta who comes up with a plan to get rid of Kusum's craze for movies.He uses his connections and meets Dharmendra in person.He tells him the entire story and asks for his help.Dharmendra is reluctant at first but finally agrees to help the Prof.They arrange for Kusum to come to the studio to watch the shootings.Kusum is over the moon at first and is very excited to meet Dharmendra and watch the shootings also.But as she watches more and more shootings she begins to realise how fake ,sad and empty the film world is.Her thinking begins to change.She begins to develop feelings for Navin.This is exactly what Prof.Gupta and Dharmendra had planned in the first place.The movie ends with a happy note when Kusum finally expresses her love for Navin.
The movie is directed by Hrishikesh Mukherjee.His films always carried some message and this one deals with an issue which is still very come that is developing crushes on filmstars.But he also tries to get across the point that behind all the glitter of cinema there is a lot of pain and sorrow.Jaya Bachchan in her debut is superb.She captures the innocence of a star struck girl perfectly.The support players including the late Bengali actor Samir Bhanja does terrific jobs with their roles.But the movie really belongs to Dharmendra and Utpal Dutt who play the matchmakers in the movie.The movie also includes cameos by topstars of the era.Infact they appear in shots from films that were really being made at the the time and subsequently came out during that time.Amitabh Bachchan,Dilip Kumar,Vinod Khanna,Rajesh Khanna and many other prominent stars make appearances.The story,screenplay and dialogues by Hrishida,Gulzar sahib and DN Mujherjee are superb.The songs are bit forgetable but all in all it is top notch entertainment.
Rating:6/10
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