Mere Apne

Pakeezah depicts the story of Anandi Devi, an elderly widow who faces challenges when moving to the city with her distant relatives and later becomes an influential figure amongst a group of youths until her death in a crossfire. Mere Apne is a 1971 Indian Hindi-language Drama Family film starring Meena Kumari, Vinod Khanna, Shatrughan Sinha, Meena Kumari Bano, Sumita Sanyal, Deven Verma and Moolchand. The movie is inspired from Apanjan by Tapan Sinha. Mere Apne was Produced by Romu N. Sippy, N. C. Sippy and Raj N. Sippy. Mere Apne is written by Gulzar Kalra and Indra Mitra and it is directed by Gulzar Kalra. Mere Apne was released on 10th September 1971. The film made a box office gross of ₹1 crore. Cinematography was done by K Vaikunth and editing by Waman Bhosle and Gurudutt Shirali. The music was composed by Salil Choudhury.