Mere Apne

Mere apne
Directed by	Gulzar
Produced by	N C Sippy Raj N. Sippy Romu N. Sippy
Written by	Indra Mitra Gulzar
Starring	Meena Kumari Vinod Khanna Shatrughan Sinha
Music by	Salil Choudhury
Cinematography	K Vaikunth
Editing by	Waman Bhosle Gurudutt Shirali
Release dates	1971
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	1,70,00,000[1]

Mere Apne (Hindi: मेरे अपने) is a 1971 Hindi film produced by Romu, Raj, and N. C. Sippy and written and directed by Gulzar. It was Gulzar's first directorial venture and was almost a frame by frame remake of the National Award winning Bengali film Apanjan, which was directed by Tapan Sinha.^[2] The film stars Meena Kumari, Vinod Khanna and Shatrughan Sinha in lead roles along with Deven Verma, Paintal, Asit Sen, Asrani, Danny Denzongpa, Keshto Mukherjee, A. K. Hangal, Dinesh Thakur, Mehmood, and Yogeeta Bali. The music is composed by Salil Choudhury.

Mere Apne was declared as "Above Average" on the box office.^[1]

Plot

Anandi Devi (Meena Kumari) is an old widow who lives in a village. One day she is visited by a distant relative, Arun Gupta (Ramesh Deo), who persuades her to live in town with him, his wife Lata (Sumita Sanyal), and a small child. She later realizes that they were looking for a maid which results in her expulsion from the house and befriending a child beggar who takes her to his dilapidated home. Being good-natured and caring, she slowly earns the title of 'Nani Ma' (maternal grandmother) among groups of youths led by Shyam (Vinod Khanna) and Chaino (Shatrughan Sinha) who were in constant fight with each other. The movie ends with her death from an accidental gun fire in one such clash.

Cast

• Meena Kumari as Anandi Devi
• Deven Verma as Niranjan
• Vinod Khanna as Shyam
• Shatrughan Sinha as Chaino
• Asrani as Raghunath
• Danny Denzongpa as Sanju
• Paintal as Bansi
• Dinesh Thakur as Billoo
• Sudhir Thakkar as Ranbir
• Ramesh Deo as Arun Gupta
• Sumita Sanyal as Lata
• Mehmood as Sri Anokhelal
• Asit Sen as Biloki Prasad
• Abhi Bhattacharya as Freedom Fighter
• Leela Mishra as Gupta's maidservant
• Shashi Kiran as Neelu
• Keshto Mukherjee as Jattu
• Dev Kishan as Shyam's father
• A. K. Hangal as College Principal
• Yogeeta Bali as Urmila
• Kamaldeep as Urmila's father (as Kamal Deep)
• Fatima as Julie
• Amina Karim as Young Anandi

Soundtrack

References

External links

• Mere Apne at the Internet Movie Database