Mere Apne

Mere Apne
Directed by	Gulzar (debut)
Produced by	N C Sippy
Written by	Gulzar
Starring	Meena Kumari Vinod Khanna Shatrughan Sinha
Music by	Salil Choudhury
Cinematography	K Vaikunth
Editing by	Waman Bhosle Gurudutt Shirali
Release date(s)	1971
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Mere Apne (Hindi: मेरे अपने) is a 1971 Hindi film produced by Romu, Raj, and N. C. Sippy. Written and directed by Gulzar, the film was remake of Apanjan (Bengali Movie)^[1] starring Meena Kumari, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Deven Verma, Paintal, Asit Sen, Asrani, Danny Denzongpa, Keshto Mukherjee, A. K. Hangal, Dinesh Thakur, Mehmood, and Yogeeta Bali. The film's music is by Salil Choudhury.

Plot

Anandi Devi (Meena Kumari) is an old widow who lives in a village but one day is visited by a distant relative Arun Gupta (Ramesh Deo) who persuades her to live with them in town, 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 - Anandi Devi
• Deven Verma - Niranjan
• Vinod Khanna - Shyam
• Shatrughan Sinha - Chaino
• Asrani - Raghunath
• Danny Denzongpa - Sanju
• Paintal - Bansi
• Dinesh Thakur - Billoo
• Sudhir Thakkar - Ranbir
• Ramesh Deo - Arun Gupta
• Sumita Sanyal - Lata
• Mehmood - Sri Anokhelal
• Asit Sen - Biloki Prasad
• Abhi Bhattacharya - Freedom Fighter (A Revolutionary)
• Leela Mishra - Gupta's maidservant
• Shashi Kiran - Neelu
• Keshto Mukherjee - Jattu
• Dev Kishan - Shyam's father
• A. K. Hangal - College Principal
• Yogeeta Bali - Urmila
• Kamaldeep - Urmila's father (as Kamal Deep)
• Fatima - Julie
• Amina Karim - Young Anandi

Crew

• Director - Gulzar
• Story - Indra Mitra
• Writer - Gulzar
• Producer - N. C. Sippy, Raj N. Sippy, Romu N. Sippy
• Editor - Waman B. Bhosle, Gurudutt Shirali
• Cinematographer - K. Vaikunth
• Art Director - Ajit Banerjee
• Assistant Director - Prabhat Kumar, Meraj, Pushpraj, Raj N. Sippy
• Assistant Art Director - Mahendra Balasinorwala, Ibrahim Mamoo, Ram Gopal Sharma
• Stunt Coordinator - Ravi Khanna, Virendra Kumar (fights)
• Production Assistant - Babu Miyan, Bhiku, Jagat, Sher Khan, Ram Yadav
• Assistant Editor - T. M. Sunder, J. F. H. Van der Auwera (color)
• Wardrobe - M. R. Bhutkar (costume design), Jagdish (assistant)
• Cameraman - V. Sampat
• Camera Assistant - Yusuf Kondaji, V. S. Raidu, Vasant Suryavanshi
• Special Effects - Gordhanbhai Patel
• Choreographer - Satyanarayan
• Original Music - Salil Chowdhury
• Music Assistant - Sebastian D'Souza, Kanu Ghosh
• Song Recordist - D. O. Bhansali, Mangesh Desai, Minoo Katrak, R. Kaushik, Brahmanand Sharma
• Lyrics - Gulzar
• Playback Singers - Kishore Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mukesh

Soundtrack

The film's music was composed by Salil Choudhary as penned by Gulzar.^[2]

Tracklist

Title	Singer(s)	Length	Notes
"Koi Hota Jisko Apna"	Kishore Kumar	3:27	Popular song
"Haal Chal Theek Thak Hai"	Kishore Kumar, Mukesh	3:26
"Roz Akeli Aayi"	Lata Mangeshkar	3:20

References

1. ^ The essential guide to Bollywood
2. ^ Mere Apne songs on amazon.com

External links

• Mere Apne at the Internet Movie Database