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Mela is a film of genre Drama directed by K. G. George with Mammootty

Mela (1980)

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Length 2h30
Directed by
Genres Drama
Rating75% 3.7577053.7577053.7577053.7577053.757705

Mela (Malayalam: മേള) is a 1980 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by K. G. George, starring Raghu, Anjali Naidu, and Mammootty. This is the first film where, the later superstar of Malayalam film, Mammootty, even though the antagonist, plays a notable and full-length role.

This is also a film noted for starring the shortest actor (Raghu) as the protagonist and in a full-length character. But the Guinness record for this entry has been awarded to Ajaykumar (Pakru) for his supporting role in the 2005 film Athbhutha Dweepu.



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Synopsis

The protagonist, working as a 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 dwarf. She assents to marriage. Married, they go to the town to join the circus camp.

Actors

Mammootty

(Vijayan)
Sreenivasan

(Balan)
Anjali Naidu

(the wife of the protagonist.)
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