Mela (Hindi: मेला, meaning: Fair) is a 2000 Bollywood film directed by Dharmesh Darshan. It starrs Aamir Khan, his real-life brother Faisal Khan, Twinkle Khanna. It was one of the biggest box office failures of the year 2000 and bombed commercially, it was declared as a 'disaster' by Boxofficeindia.com.^[1]

Plot[link]

The only brother (Ayub Khan) of a young woman, Roopa (Twinkle Khanna), returns to Chandanpur 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 the 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). Roopa, enraged by the fact that her brother and Gopal are no more, vows avenge. 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. Shankar becomes her brother, while Kishan, heartbroken, leaves in disgust. Roopa and Shankar return to Chandanpur, where Shankar mobilises the village. Another carnival is arranged. The villains' attack as planned. Kishan returns but Roopa is kidnapped. The friends give chase and are captured. Eventually good prevails and the outlaws meet a glory end. Roopa is united with her brother Shankar and her lover Kishan. At the end Kishan and Roopa get married and while driving the truck Shankar happens to meet Champakali (Aishwarya Rai) and Kishan and Roopa watch them.

Casting[link]

Actress Karishma Kapoor was first offered the female lead but due to date issues, she declined the offer. Director Dharmesh Darshan was left disheartened that his first and favorite choice was no longer part of his project, considering that Kapoor and Darshan's first collaboration was a huge success back in 1996 with Raja Hindustani. Darshan looked for a replacement and roped in three actresses: Raveena Tandon, Sonali Bendre and Twinkle Khanna. The role ultimately went to Twinkle Khanna. In order to display resemblance between Kapoor and Khanna, the director had the same clothes and the same wig that Karishma had worn in Raja Hindustani for Twinkle.

• Aamir Khan as Kishan Pyare
• Faisal Khan as Shankar Shane
• Twinkle Khanna as Roopa Singh
• Johny Lever as Inspector Pakkad Singh
• Navneet Nishan as Bulbul, the Post Woman
• Asrani as Banwari Baniya
• Tiku Talsania as Murari, Sarpanch
• Archana Puran Singh Vidyavati, the Village Flirt
• Tanvi Azmi as Gopal's mom
• Ayub Khan as Ram Singh, Roopa's brother (Apecial Appearance)
• Parmeet Sethi in a Special Appearance
• Kulbhushan Kharbanda as Mantri (Minister) (Special Appearance)
• Aishwarya Rai as Champakali (Special Appearance)
• Viju Khote as Patil Rao Singh
• Harish Patel as Seth Chandulal Popadlal
• Tinu Verma as Gujjar Singh
• Veeru K as Ghungroo, the Dance Master
• Master Omkar as Gopal
• Gurbachan as Gurubachan Singh
• Rajeev Varma as Rajiv Verma
• Chandu asas Chandu-Nandu)
• Nandu as Chandu-Nandu
• Razzak Khan
• Anil Upadhyay
• Indira Chowdhary
• Sanjay Batra
• Sanjeev Siddharth
• Chitresh Ranjan

Soundtrack[link]

Track listing[link]

The music of the film is composed by Anu Malik, Rajesh Roshan, and Leslie Lewis. The lyrics are penned by Dev Kohli, Dharmesh Darshan, Sameer.

• This is the third film to feature real-life brothers Aamir Khan and Faisal Khan. Previously Faisal did cameo roles in Aamir's films Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak (1988) and Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar (1992).
• Aishwarya Rai makes a guest appearance in the climax of the film.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Mela at the Internet Movie Database

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