Mere Apne

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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

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10Shailesh-2

The reality inter woven with emotional drama.

This movie shows that unemployment leads to a lot of social problems and otherwise good people turn against each other. Meena kumari has done magic with her supporting role. Vinod Khanna and Shatrughan Sinha be long to rival gangs formed to support their beliefs in the corrupt political system of India. How a outcast old woman tries in vain to bring them to their senses forms the story.

9duaatul

awesome movie

This is one of those movies that bring tears to your eyes.

The movie with a vision and intention, so valid for today as it was for that time.

But I remember this movie for one of the best scenes I have ever seen. A scene in which Meena Kumari tells Vinod Khanna and co about the freedom fighters and says that they were the actual 'thag' and not you.

One of the most poignant scenes of the movie.

And then I am biased towards Vinod Khanna who is anyways one of the best looking stars of India and the detached look that he gives lends more to his character. And then I am biased towards Shatruganh Sinha :-) An actor I consider who has his own class !!

The weakest link of the movie is Meena Kumari which is way too melancholy for her role. Or may be I am again biased against her :-)

8sherrvin-1

A Gulzar trademark

A remake of 1968 Bengali Movie 'Apanjan', this movie is superbly directed by Gulzar and marks introduction of two of the finest villains of Hindi film industry, Vinod Khanna & Shatrughan Sinha, in leading roles. Though, they both have grey shades in this movie. A superb performance by Meena Kumari which was well supported by Khanna & Sinha. Salil Chowdhary composed some nice tunes including widely popular 'Koi Hota Jisko Apna' sung by Kishor Kumar. Good a for a watch.

9pcmca2007

Great Shatru

The film completely belongs to Shotgun.He completely dominates over meena kumari presence.Vinod khanna is nothing in front of him.Shatru completely over shadow vinod khanna.Mere apne means Shatru.Vinos khanna is looking like kid in front of shatru.Shatru is the greatest actor of Indian cenema.Direction of gulzar is Very good.Story of the film is the best.But above all is the Shotgun.His dialogues in the film simply steals the show.His expression,style and presence wash out other character completely.

This was gulzars first movie as director.This is his one of the best movie given by him.The way of story telling using meen kumari is unique.It was not used by any other director.Dialogues was great but shatru through his talent make the simple line memorable.

9kunj_gaur

sentimental

not many people of my age unfortunately have seen this movie........

This movie teaches us to respect the older generation...the character around which the story revolves is anandi who is a widow and is abandoned by her family until the day when arun Gupta arrives(he is related to her through her husband's side) and takes her into the city(of course, from the village).

unfortunately for anandi her life turns upside down when she realizes that arun and his wife have brought her into the city life not out of respect or concern but because of their own cheap motives.....all they want anandi to do is to work as an ayah just because she is old and is indebted to them for keeping her. Then comes along the street rowdy class of young men who just make enemies among themselves and show their superiority over one another.

but anandi teaches them the virtues of humility and respect......... the movie also comes packed with a great song-koi jota jisko ......

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Danny had heard about Mohan Kumar and stopped outside his bungalow to try his luck. He could find an entry to the bungalow because most of the guards were from Sikkim or Nepal. He had the opportunity to meet Mohan Kumar who had produced and directed several films. He told Mohan Kumar about his ambition to make it as an actor and Mohan Kumar is said to have laughed out aloud. He had pity on Danny and said he could join the guards at his bungalow. Danny couldn't take the insult and took a decision that moment. He saw that there was a piece of land lying vacant next to Mohan Kumar's house and silently swore to himself that he would make it big one day and when he did, he would build his bungalow on that same land next to Mohan Kumar's bungalow...Time passed and Danny made it as a very big, popular and highly paid actor but never forgot his goal. He made sure that no one else bought that land which he had dreams for. He finally bought that land at whatever price was demanded and built "D'Zongrila", the kind of bungalow very few people in Juhu had and he hired any number of Gorkhas and sometimes didn't even know how many men were working in his bungalow.Today, Mohan Kumar's bungalow has been demolished for a multi-storeyed building to come up. Mohan Kumar died last year, but "D'Zongrila" stands in all its glory even though the multimillionaire owner spends most of his time in a tent he has built for himself on one of the highest peaks of Sikkim because he cannot bear the heat and the noise of a city like Mumbai.