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<div>{{short description|1980 film by K. G. George}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Mela<br />
| image = Melafilmmm.png<br />
| image_size = <br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| director = [[K. G. George]]<br />
| producer = Prabhakaran<br />Saidu Muhammad<br />VK Sidharthan<br />
| writer = [[Sreedharan Champad]]<br />K. G. George<br />
| screenplay = K. G. George<br />Sreedharan Champad<br />
| story = Sreedharan Champad<br />
| based_on = {{Based on|''Mela''|Sreedharan Champad}}<br />
| narrator = <br />
| starring = Raghu<br />Anjali Naidu<br /> Mohan Elias<br />[[Mammootty]]<br />
| music = [[M. B. Sreenivasan]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Ramachandra Babu]]<br />
| editing = Ravi<br />
| studio = Visal Movies<br />
| distributor = Visal Movies<br />
| released = {{Film date|1980|12|5|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = 150 minutes<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Malayalam<br />
| budget = <br />
| gross =<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Mela''''' ({{trans|[[Fair]]}}) is a 1980 [[Malayalam]]-language Indian film directed by [[K. G. George]], starring Raghu, [[Anjali Naidu]], and [[Mammootty]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popcorn.oneindia.in/movie-cast/8083/mela.html |title=Mela|work=popcorn.oneindia.in|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714102017/http://popcorn.oneindia.in/movie-cast/8083/mela.html |date=2012-07-14|archive-date=14 July 202}}</ref> It is noted for starring the shortest actor (Raghu) as the protagonist and in a full-length character.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/SouthCinema/SCGal_061207_1339.htm |title=Undapakru, shortest actor |publisher=MSN India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080206025745/http://content.msn.co.in/Entertainment/SouthCinema/SCGal_061207_1339.htm |archivedate=6 February 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/14264/Undapakru-shortest-actor.html |title=Undapakru, shortest actor |publisher=Yahoo! Movies News |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705232149/http://in.movies.yahoo.com/news-detail/14264/Undapakru-shortest-actor.html |archivedate=2008-07-05 }}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The protagonist, working as a [[Circus clown|clown]] in a [[circus]] in the town, comes to visit his village. He is looking for a bride. The heroine, a tall lady, gets charmed by the wealthiness (compared to the other citizens of the village) of the protagonist even though he is a [[Dwarfism|dwarf]]. She assents to marriage. Married, they go to the town to join the circus camp.<br />
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Things come to a different world when they reach the circus. Here the clown is a very insignificant figure. His wife sees the difference very quick. She soon gets attracted to a heroic figure in the circus camp—[[Motorcycle stunt riding|motorcycle stuntsman]] Vijayan ([[Mammootty]]). They show the signs of moving into an affair. Some drama follows and the protagonist, the clown, hands over his wife to the bike jumper and commits suicide.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Mela Reghu|Raghu]] as Govindan Kutty, a [[circus clown]], the protagonist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2021/may/05/actor-mela-raghu-passes-away-at-60-2298552.html|title=Actor ‘Mela’ Raghu passes away at 60|publisher=New Indian Express}}</ref><br />
*[[Anjali Naidu]] as Sharada, the wife of the protagonist.<br />
*[[Mammootty]] as Vijayan, a bike jumper in the [[circus]]<br />
*Iringal Narayani as the mother of protagonist (Raghu)<br />
*K. G. Pinarayi<br />
*[[Mohan Elias (Sumesh)]]<br />
*[[Sreenivasan]] as Balan<br />
*Sharaff as Ramesh – Circus Manager<br />
*Bhaskara Kurup<br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by [[M. K. Arjunan]] and [[M. B. Sreenivasan]] and the lyrics were written by [[O. N. V. Kurup]] and [[Mullanezhi]].<br />
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{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
! No. !! Song !! Singers !! Lyrics !! Length (m:ss)<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || "Jwaalaamukhi" (Bit) (from the film ''Moham Enna Pakshi'') || [[P. Susheela]] || [[O. N. V. Kurup]] ||<br />
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| 2 || "Manassoru Maanthrikakkuthirayaay" || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || [[Mullanezhi]] ||<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || "Neelakkuda Choodi Maanam" || [[Selma George]] || Mullanezhi ||<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || "Shilpakalaa" (Bit) (from the film ''Moham Enna Pakshi'') || [[K. J. Yesudas]] || O. N. V. Kurup ||<br />
|}<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:1980s Malayalam-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Kochi]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by K. G. George]]<br />
[[Category:Indian drama films]]<br />
[[Category:Works about dwarfism]]<br />
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