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Mela (1980)
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Original name: മേള
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Govindan Kutty (Raghu) is a clown who works in the circus. He comes to his village looking for a bride. Sharada (Anjali Naidu) is impressed by his charms and seemingly rich lifestyle and agrees to marry him. When they reach back the circus after getting married, things however change considerably. Govindan is an insignificant figure there and is frequently ignored by everyone else. The frustrated Sharada meets a stuntman Vijayan (Mammootty) and gets close to him much to the discomfort of Govindan.
Style:
emotional, melancholic, tension, period piece, nostalgic
Plot:
clown, circus, loneliness, love triangle, jealousy, identity crisis, character study, betrayal, humiliation, marriage, unrequited love, tragedy, infidelity, grief, stuntman, suicide, dwarf, attraction, malayalam, little person
Time:
80s
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