Mela (1980 film)

Mela Malayalam is a 1980 Malayalamlanguage 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 fulllength role.

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.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 a bike jumper. They shows the signs of moving into affair. Some drama follows and the protagonist, the clowns atlast in the climax, hands over his wife to the bike jumper and commits suicide. Film Location was at Muthiyanga. its a village in Kannur District Kuthuparamba Pattiyam. ........

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