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Mere Apne is a 1971 Hindi film written and directed by Gulzar produced by Romu, Raj and N. C. Sippy. 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.
Original Release
11/13/1970
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Meena Kumari | Auaji (Aunt) / Anandi Devi |
| Vinod Khanna | Shyam |
| Shatrughan Sinha | Chaino |
| Sumita Sanyal | Lata |
| Deven Verma | Niranjan |
| Ramesh Deo | Arun Gupta |
| Abhi Bhattacharya | Freedom Fighter (A Revolutionary) / Freedom Fighter |
| Asit Kumar Sen | Biloki Prasad |
| Leela Mishra | Gupta's maidservant |
| Kanwarjeet Paintal | Bansi |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Meena Kumari | Auaji (Aunt) / Anandi Devi |
| Vinod Khanna | Shyam |
| Shatrughan Sinha | Chaino |
| Sumita Sanyal | Lata |
| Deven Verma | Niranjan |
| Ramesh Deo | Arun Gupta |
| Abhi Bhattacharya | Freedom Fighter (A Revolutionary) / Freedom Fighter |
| Asit Kumar Sen | Biloki Prasad |
| Leela Mishra | Gupta's maidservant |
| Kanwarjeet Paintal | Bansi |
| Govardhan Asrani | Raghunath |
| Danny Denzongpa | Sanju |
| Dinesh Thakur | Billoo |
| Sudhir Thakkar | Ranbir |
| Yogesh Chhabra | |
| Nasir | |
| Shashi Kiran | Neelu |
| Pushpraj | |
| Keshto Mukherjee | Jattu |
| Dev Kishan | Shyam's father |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| N.C. Sippy | Producer |
| Raj N. Sippy | Producer |
| Romu N. Sippy | Producer |
