| Mere Apne | |
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| Directed by | Gulzar |
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| Based on | Apanjan by Tapan Sinha |
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| Cinematography | K Vaikunth |
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| Music by | Salil Choudhury |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Box office | ₹ 1.7 crore[1] |
Mere Apne is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language film written and directed by Gulzar and 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,[2] which was directed by Tapan Sinha. This was the first movie of Vinod Khanna as Hero. This was also debut movie of Danny.[3] 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 of the film is composed by Salil Choudhury.
Mere Apne was declared " Hit " at the box office.[1]
- ^ a b "Box office 1971". Boxofficeindia.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2013. Retrieved 28 January 2012.
- ^ "Remakes of Bengali films: What's new in this trend? - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ^ The essential guide to Bollywood