1971 · drama · social
Mere Apne
Directed by Gulzar2h 44m1971
Old woman Anandi moves to the city with her relatives and finds out their material side. She develops fondness for two rival street gangs of unemployed youth. These gangs are headed by two former friends turned foes in a time when society, politics and education are all losing their bearings in 1970s India.
Our read: Mere Apne (1971) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · social entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / social, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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