Mela (2000 film)
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| Directed by | Dharmesh Darshan |
| Produced by | Umed Jain |
| Written by | Dharmesh Darshan |
| Screenplay by |
Neeraj Vora Sanjeev Duggal Robin Bhatt |
| Story by | Suneel Darshan |
| Starring |
Aamir Khan Twinkle Khanna Faisal Khan Johnny Lever |
| Music by |
Songs: Anu Malik Rajesh Roshan Lesle Lewis Background Score: Surinder Sodhi |
| Cinematography | Rajan Kinagi |
| Edited by | Bharat |
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Venus Records & Tapes
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Running time
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172 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | est.₹180 million |
| Box office | est.₹291 million |
Mela (Hindi: मेला; meaning: Fair) is a 2000 Indian action masala film directed by Dharmesh Darshan. It stars Aamir Khan, his real-life brother Faisal Khan, and Twinkle Khanna. It was one of the biggest box-office failures of the year 2000.
The only soldier brother (Ayub Khan) of a young woman, Roopa (Twinkle Khanna), returns to Chandanpur village to arrange her marriage. A festival is arranged in the happiness of Roopa's marriage, however Chandanpur's happiness is short-lived, as the village is raided by a group of terrorists. The leader of the terrorists, Gujjar, (Tinu Verma), murders a politician, and to make matters worse, Roopa's beauty catches the eye of Gujjar. However, as Gujjar attempts to escape with the terrified Roopa, her brother comes to her rescue, only to be slain, much to the horror of the village, especially Roopa. Also, her best friend, Gopal (Master Om Kapoor), is killed too, much to the dismay of Gopal's mother (Tanvi Azmi) who tried to prevent her son from rescuing Roopa (Due to his young age) which is what led Gujjar to kill him. Roopa, enraged by the fact that her brother and Gopal are no more, vows vengeance.
Gujjar threatens Roopa that she will only be his mistress and will never be able to have a brother nor lover. Enraged, Roopa attempts to commit suicide by jumping into a waterfall as she finds it better to kill herself rather than be a mistress. Destiny has other plans as Roopa survives and she steals the clothes of Kishan (Aamir Khan), a theatre actor. Kishan works with his best friend, truck driver, Shankar (Faisal Khan). When Kishan meets Roopa for the first time, he is smitten by her beauty and falls in love with her. Kishan decides to make Roopa the heroine of their dance show, however, Shankar warns him that Roopa will bring them in trouble. With no option, Roopa travels with them, and she tries to escape, but returns when chased by the gang and a drunk who tries to rape her. However, Roopa is saved by Shankar and Kishan. Roopa feigns love for Kishan, who wants to marry her, and the two men agree to help her return to Chandanpur. When Kishan is going to marry Roopa, who feels guilty over her betrayal, led, she tells them her story.
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