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
Edited by	Waman Bhosle Gurudutt Shirali
Release date	1971
Country	India
Language	Hindi
Box office	₹ 1.7 crore

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. 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 (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 Chhenu(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.

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