Mere Apne

Mere Apne 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 a remake of the Bengali film Apanjan which was directed by Tapan Sinha. 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. Anandi Devi is an old widow who lives in a village.... One day she is visited by a distant relative, Arun Gupta , who persuades her to live in town with him, his wife Lata , 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' among groups of youths led by Shyam and Chaino who were in constant fight with each other.
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