In Mere Apne, Gulzar, still finding his feet as a maker after a long apprenticeship with Bimal Roy and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, weaves in poetry and angst.
No jobs then, no jobs now: Gulzar’s 1971 film Mere Apne still rings an unfortunate bell
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