Mere Apne is a 1971 Hindi

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 film

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 produced by Romu, Raj, and N. C. Sippy. Written and directed by Gulzar

Gulzar (lyricist)

Sampooran Singh Kalra , known popularly by his pen name Gulzar , is an Indian poet, lyricist and director. He primarily writes in Hindi-Urdu and has also written in Punjabi and several dialects of Hindi such as Braj Bhasha, Khariboli, Haryanvi and Marwari.Gulzar was awarded the Padma Bhushan in...

, the film was remake of Apanjan (Bengali

Bengali language

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 Movie) starring Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari , born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema...

, Vinod Khanna

Vinod Khanna

-Early life:Khanna was born to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals businessman of Hindu Punjabi Khatri origin, on 6 October 1946, in Peshawar, British India . He has three sisters and one brother...

, Shatrughan Sinha

Shatrughan Sinha

Shatrughan Sinha is an Indian film actor and politician. Apart from being member of Rajya Sabha twice he was also Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping...

, Deven Verma

Deven Verma

Deven Varma is an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He has also produced and directed some films including Besharam...

, Paintal

Paintal (comedian)

Kanwarjit Paintal, better known as Paintal, born in a Sikh family, started off as an Indian comic actor and moved on to teaching the art of acting. He has extensively worked not only in numerous movies but also television....

, Asit Sen, Asrani

Asrani

Govardhan Asrani , popularly known simply as Asrani, is an actor in Indian films whose Bollywood career has spanned over 35 years. His wife Manju Bansal is an actress.-Early life:...

, Danny Denzongpa

Danny Denzongpa

Tshering Phintso Denzongpa , widely known by his acting name "Danny" Denzongpa, is an Indian actor of Sikkimese ancestry working in Bollywood films....

, Keshto Mukherjee

Keshto Mukherjee

Keshto Mukherjee was an Indian actor. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in the Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecast role in Hindi films, he used to share a very good relation with the iconic Ritwik Ghatak and had very tiny but important roles in the maestro's films...

, A. K. Hangal

A. K. Hangal

Avtar Kishan Hangal , popularly known as A. K. Hangal, is a well known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. His most notable roles are as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Rahim Chacha in Sholay and as Ram Shastri in Aaina...

, Dinesh Thakur

Dinesh Thakur

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, Mehmood, and Yogeeta Bali

Yogeeta Bali

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. The film's music is by Salil Choudhury.

Plot

Anandi Devi (Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari

Meena Kumari , born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema...

) 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

Sumita Sanyal

Sumita Sanyal is an actress in the Bengali language film industry in India, also known as Tollywood. Sumita Sanyal was born Manjula Sanyal on 9 October 1945 in Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India. Her father was Girija Golkunda 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

Vinod Khanna

-Early life:Khanna was born to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals businessman of Hindu Punjabi Khatri origin, on 6 October 1946, in Peshawar, British India . He has three sisters and one brother...

) and Chaino (Shatrughan Sinha

Shatrughan Sinha

Shatrughan Sinha is an Indian film actor and politician. Apart from being member of Rajya Sabha twice he was also Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping...

) 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
  Meena Kumari
  Meena Kumari , born Mahjabeen Bano, was an Indian movie actress and poetess. She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses to have appeared on the screens of Hindi Cinema...
  
   - Anandi Devi
• Deven Verma
  Deven Verma
  Deven Varma is an Indian film and television actor, particularly known for his comic roles, with directors like Basu Chatterji, Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Gulzar. He has also produced and directed some films including Besharam...
  
   - Niranjan
• Vinod Khanna
  Vinod Khanna
  -Early life:Khanna was born to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals businessman of Hindu Punjabi Khatri origin, on 6 October 1946, in Peshawar, British India . He has three sisters and one brother...
  
   - Shyam
• Shatrughan Sinha
  Shatrughan Sinha
  Shatrughan Sinha is an Indian film actor and politician. Apart from being member of Rajya Sabha twice he was also Union Cabinet Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Shipping...
  
   - Chaino
• Asrani - Raghunath
• Danny Denzongpa
  Danny Denzongpa
  Tshering Phintso Denzongpa , widely known by his acting name "Danny" Denzongpa, is an Indian actor of Sikkimese ancestry working in Bollywood films....
  
   - Sanju
• Paintal
  Paintal (comedian)
  Kanwarjit Paintal, better known as Paintal, born in a Sikh family, started off as an Indian comic actor and moved on to teaching the art of acting. He has extensively worked not only in numerous movies but also television....
  
   - Bansi
• Dinesh Thakur
  Dinesh Thakur
  Dinesh Thakur is a noted Indian theatre director, actor in theatre, television and Hindi film, where most notably he appeared as one of the leads in Rajnigandha 1974 and directed by Basu Chatterjee, which won both Filmfare Best Movie Award and the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Movie...
  
   - Billoo
• Sudhir Thakkar - Ranbir
• Ramesh Deo - Arun Gupta
• Sumita Sanyal
  Sumita Sanyal
  Sumita Sanyal is an actress in the Bengali language film industry in India, also known as Tollywood. Sumita Sanyal was born Manjula Sanyal on 9 October 1945 in Darjeeling, Bengal Presidency, British India. Her father was Girija Golkunda Sanyal....
  
   - Lata
• Mehmood
  Mehmood
  - References :* , INDOlink, 24 July 2004* , BBC, 23 July 2004* , Indian Express, 24 July 2004* , The Times of India, 23 July 2004- Further reading :* Zaveri, Hanif. Mehmood, a Man of Many Moods, Popular Prakashan, 2005. ISBN 8179912132...
  
   - Sri Anokhelal
• Asit Sen - Biloki Prasad
• Abhi Bhattacharya
  Abhi Bhattacharya
  Abhi Bhattacharya was an Indian actor of Hindi and Bengali cinema, who is most remembered for his roles in films in 50s and the 60s, such as Yatrik , Jagriti , Anuradha and Subarnarekha...
  
   - Freedom Fighter (A Revolutionary)
• Leela Mishra
  Leela Mishra
  Leela Mishra was an Indian film actor, who worked as a character actor in over 200 Hindi films for five decades, eventually playing stock characters like aunts, Chachi or Mausi...
  
   - Gupta's maidservant
• Shashi Kiran - Neelu
• Keshto Mukherjee
  Keshto Mukherjee
  Keshto Mukherjee was an Indian actor. He specialised in comic drunkard roles in the Hindi films. Though he was famous for his drunkard typecast role in Hindi films, he used to share a very good relation with the iconic Ritwik Ghatak and had very tiny but important roles in the maestro's films...
  
   - Jattu
• Dev Kishan - Shyam's father
• A. K. Hangal
  A. K. Hangal
  Avtar Kishan Hangal , popularly known as A. K. Hangal, is a well known Indian character actor in Hindi language films. His most notable roles are as the Inder Sen in Shaukeen, as Rahim Chacha in Sholay and as Ram Shastri in Aaina...
  
   - College Principal
• Yogeeta Bali
  Yogeeta Bali
  Yogeeta Bali is a Hindi film actress. Bali was active in films in the early 1970s till 1985.- Early life :...
  
   - 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
  Salil Chowdhury
  Salil Chowdhury was an Indian music composer. He mainly composed for Bengali, Hindi, and Malayalam films. He was also a poet and a playwright. He is affectionately called Salilda by all his admirers....
  
  
• Music Assistant - Sebastian D'Souza
  Sebastian D'Souza
  Sebastian D'Souza was a successful music arranger in the Bollywood music industry, considered to be the master of fusing Indian classical music with European classical music concepts of harmony, cadence and obbligato...
  
  , Kanu Ghosh
• Song Recordist - D. O. Bhansali, Mangesh Desai, Minoo Katrak, R. Kaushik, Brahmanand Sharma
• Lyrics - Gulzar
• Playback Singers - Kishore Kumar
  Kishore Kumar
  Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...
  
  , Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar
  Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...
  
  , Mukesh
  Mukesh
  Mukesh Chand Mathur was an Indian playback singer of Bollywood. He, alongside Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar, left such an impact on the Hindi film industry that they are still remembered to date....
  
  

Tracklist

Title	Singer(s)	Length	Notes
"Koi Hota Jisko Apna"	Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century...	3:27	Popular song
"Haal Chal Theek Thak Hai"	Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar Kishore Kumar , born Abhas Kumar Ganguly, was an Indian film playback singer and an actor who also worked as lyricist, composer, producer, director, screenwriter and scriptwriter.Kishore Kumar was one of India's greatest performers of the late 20th century... , Mukesh Mukesh Mukesh Chand Mathur was an Indian playback singer of Bollywood. He, alongside Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar, left such an impact on the Hindi film industry that they are still remembered to date....	3:26
"Roz Akeli Aayi"	Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional...	3:20