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Mere Apne

  • 19711971
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 44m
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Mere Apne (1971)
Drama
Anandi Devi is an old widow living in her village she is bought to the city by her distant relative Arun. Anandi Devi realizes that Arun and his wife wanted to keep her as a maid following w... Read allAnandi Devi is an old widow living in her village she is bought to the city by her distant relative Arun. Anandi Devi realizes that Arun and his wife wanted to keep her as a maid following which she leaves the house and befriends a child beggar and start living in a dilapidated h... Read allAnandi Devi is an old widow living in her village she is bought to the city by her distant relative Arun. Anandi Devi realizes that Arun and his wife wanted to keep her as a maid following which she leaves the house and befriends a child beggar and start living in a dilapidated house. Due to her kind and good nature she is then called as Naani Maa by youth groups whic... Read all
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
599
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    • Gulzar
    • Gulzar
    • Indra Mitra(story)
  • Stars
    • Meena Kumari
    • Vinod Khanna
    • Shatrughan Sinha
    • Gulzar
    • Gulzar
    • Indra Mitra(story)
  • Stars
    • Meena Kumari
    • Vinod Khanna
    • Shatrughan Sinha
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
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    Mere Apne (1971)
    Mere Apne (1971)
    Vinod Khanna in Mere Apne (1971)
    Vinod Khanna in Mere Apne (1971)
    Danny Denzongpa, Vinod Khanna, and Shatrughan Sinha in Mere Apne (1971)
    Vinod Khanna and Meena Kumari in Mere Apne (1971)
    Vinod Khanna and Meena Kumari in Mere Apne (1971)
    Vinod Khanna in Mere Apne (1971)
    Vinod Khanna in Mere Apne (1971)
    Vinod Khanna and Meena Kumari in Mere Apne (1971)
    Vinod Khanna and Govardhan Asrani in Mere Apne (1971)
    Shatrughan Sinha in Mere Apne (1971)

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    Meena Kumari
    Meena Kumari
    • Anandi Devi…
    Vinod Khanna
    Vinod Khanna
    • Shyam
    Shatrughan Sinha
    Shatrughan Sinha
    • Chaino
    Sumita Sanyal
    Sumita Sanyal
    • Lata
    Deven Verma
    Deven Verma
    • Niranjan
    Ramesh Deo
    Ramesh Deo
    • Arun Gupta
    Abhi Bhattacharya
    Abhi Bhattacharya
    • Freedom Fighter (A Revolutionary)
    Asit Kumar Sen
    Asit Kumar Sen
    • Biloki Prasad
    • (as Asit Sen)
    Leela Mishra
    Leela Mishra
    • Gupta's maidservant
    Kanwarjeet Paintal
    Kanwarjeet Paintal
    • Bansi
    • (as K. Paintal)
    Govardhan Asrani
    Govardhan Asrani
    • Raghunath
    Danny Denzongpa
    Danny Denzongpa
    • Sanju
    Dinesh Thakur
    Dinesh Thakur
    • Billoo
    Sudhir Thakkar
    • Ranbir
    • (as Sudhir Thakar)
    Yogesh Chhabra
    Nasir
    Shashi Kiran
    Shashi Kiran
    • Neelu
    Pushpraj
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      • Gulzar
      • Indra Mitra(story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Shatrughan Sinha's dialog Woh Aaye Toh Kehna Chenu Aaya Tha is popular even today.
    • Connections
      Features Anand (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      Koi Hota Jisko Apna
      Lyrics by Gulzar

      Music by Salil Chowdhury

      Performed by Kishore Kumar

    User reviews13

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    8/10
    Chainoo aaya tha!!
    Mere Apne review :

    Adapted from a Bengali hit, Mere Apne is almost a precursor to movies like N. Chandra's Ankush (1986) and Mansoor Khan's Josh (2000) which showed the rivalry of two gangs of unemployed youth. Here, the warring gangs were led by the young Vinod Khanna and Shatrughan Sinha who became big stars later. Particularly, Shatru's Chainoo has attained cult status now...

    Tragedy queen Meena Kumari played a seventy plus lady whom these 'berojgaar bekaar' guys show deep respect for and turns a catalyst to transform their wayward lives. Meena Kumari was almost half her onscreen age when she played this role and this film attained immortality for being one of her finest performances ever. Sadly, she passed away few months after the movie's release depriving Bollywood of an immense talent forever!!

    Mere Apne explored multiple themes like student politics, jobless youth used by corrupt politicians and the urban apathy towards human relations where money is anything and everything!! Director Gulzar's execution was first rate even as he balanced out a grim subject within the realms of commercialism. Kishore Kumar's "Koi hota jisko apna" is still on the lips when you recollect Mere Apne!!

    Regards, Sumeet Nadkarni.
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    • Jul 26, 2022

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      • September 10, 1971 (India)
      • India
      • Hindi
    • Production company
      • Uttam Chitra
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    • 2 hours 44 minutes
      • Mono

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