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kajal_bansalMouthShut Verified Member
Delhi India
Love story in MELA
Dec 20, 2017 06:47 PM 1572 Views

This is a bollywood movie in which Amir khan and Twinkle khanna play a wide role. And villen named gujjar in this movie. Twinkle has a brother who was mudered by gujjar. and twinkle hate the gujjar and want to kill him. after that she mets amir khan and thought that he will help him. amir khan love the twinkle and ready to help her and at the end he kill the villen. this is very top wondered movie. I love it most and watchd many times it is so intesrstind.


must go for watch it.


Mela
Jul 20, 2016 05:23 PM 4114 Views (via Android App)

Roopa lives in a small town called Belapur with her two brothers, Gopal and Ram an officer in the Indian army, and her widowed mom. A Minister from the ruling party comes to visit their town, and the Sarpanch, Mukhiya Murari, decides to organize a mela ( fair) in his honor. The Minister arrives to the sound of dancers, trumpets and music, which does not last long as terrorists attack the town, killing and injuring many. The terrorist are headed by notorious bandit, Gujjar Singh, who has taken a fancy to Roopa, and would like her to be his woman. Soon Gujjar and his men take over the town, and he openly declares his affections for Roopa, who refuses him and calls upon Ram, to save her. Ram does come to her rescue, but is killed by Gujjar, and Roopa is abducted and hauled away. Roopa is told that she will never have a brother again nor will anyone dare to marry her, and that she will spend the rest of her life as Gujjar's mistress. In response Roopa throws herself down a cliff into a waterfall. She survives, meets with Kishan and Shankar, but tells them a different background story, and that her name Radha. Kishan is attracted to Roopa and both fall in love. When Kishan finds out that Radha is really Roopa, he gets upset with her. She runs away from him, back to her town, where she finds out that her mother is distraught, and her younger brother, Gopal, too has been killed by Gujjar. It is then Kishan and Shankar also enter this town, and after many discussions decide to set up a trap for Gujjar by organizing another mela. When Gujjar finds out that Roopa is back, he gathers together his men and they storm the town, and encounter some resistance - which they soon overcome. Soon Shankar and Kishan are at Gujjar's mercy, and it looks like history is going to repeat itself all over again - and this time Gujjar will make sure that nothing goes wrong.


Aamir Is The Star Attraction
Apr 01, 2006 02:30 AM 10205 Views

I was expecting a lot from the movie Mela. This was mainly because of Darmesh Darshan and Aamir Khan's previous film ''Raja Hindustani''. Let me just say that ''RH'' was much better than Mela. It had a story line that was very new and modern. Mela on the other hand was just like another '70s flick. I cannot afford to miss an Aamir Khan Movie, he succeeded, There is no doubt about the abilities of Aamir Khan and yet again he wins the big game and he was the main strength of this film. But how about the movie, the producer and the distributors, Only God save them. I do not know why the directors try to do something which looks impossible, still they insist on adding all the lousy things which have nothing to do with the movie or the storyline.


If you don't know what the hell on earth means, or what a Chinese torture means, or what Indian third degree means, go watch it. Too much dhoom dhadakka - sure. Story line - good but too much masala. Change the cast just a teeny bit - i.e. Remove the Khanna babe. Insert a Shabana Azmi, temper the Khan's histrionics and modify the story line just a teensy bit and you have another Durga-Maheesasur story. Maybe that was what they wanted but boy did they mess it up. Dharmesh Dharshan would have a good entertainer in Mela.


Not! Mela is really Sholay revisited. Sad to say, it doesn't even come close to Sholay. So we have Twinkle Khanna, the village belle. Her brother (Ayub Khan) and best friend (Omkar Kapoor) are killed by the evil Gujjar (Tinnu Verma). She swears revenge against the latter. A series of events land her together with Kishen (Aamir Khan) and Shankar (Faisal Khan), whose help she enlists in her fight against Gujjar. Twinkle truly brings to life the phrase damsel in distress to life!


If she's not getting raped, she's plunging down waterfalls and being chased around by Gujjar's men. How she manages to find time to sing God-awful songs is beyond me. She's a truly drastic change from Darshan's usual heroines of substance. And having someone dub over her lines is the worst idea ever. Instead of sounding authentic, it sounds TERRIBLE, like she's overacting! Faisal Khan is a good looker, but it's hard to tell if he can act well. His role is pretty much like his previous one in Madhosh - the silent, stoic type. Aamir, as usual, is in his element as the playful Kishen.


If not for him, this film would be lousier than it already is. None of the songs are worth mentioning. The only one's that pseudo-decent is Dhadkan Mein Tum and that too, is a rip-off the background music of Ramesh Sippy's Andaz. Is Anu Malik THAT desperate?? Twinkle's outfits are awful, by the way! I may be a diehard fan of Aamir Khan, but there's no denying that Mela isn't worth celebrating. Overall okay to while away an afternoon at home watching it at home on TV with a rented video - whilst ironing and making sure those cookies for the kid are not burnt.


This is an Aamir Khan starter which will make you think twice before going to any other Aamir Khan movie. I am a great fan of Aamir Khan and the reason for my suicidal attempt of driving all me to the wall to watch this movie was basically his stunning portrayal in '1947: Earth’. I might die before I am about to see 1/5 of them, but I always remember to turn off my brain and try to see the film as the directors meant it to be seen; and not to make comparisons. If we tried to compare every actor to Aamir, they'd all be found wanting. Am I so alone?


Was there ANYONE else out there that enjoyed this film and not to make comparisons. Aamir is the saving grace of Mela. He is easy on the eye and is very endearing in his romantic, chatterbox role. Since he is a great actor, I can forgive him for his impersonation of Dharmendra. He is the only one who does complete justice to his role. Thoroughly unnatural and unnecessarily protecting his brother Faisal Khan who might have had a nightmare during the shooting of the film because he doesn't seem to know anything about a certain art called 'acting' Add to this, ''Twinkle Khanna'' in a so called ''Performance based role.''


What she does is nothing but staring into the camera sometimes wearing a skin tight shirt and jumping under a waterfalls. By the way, she has a lot of mystique powers. She survives a fall from a top a waterfall which is not very inferior to the legendary Niagara Falls. Perhaps Dharmesh Dharshan forgot that waterfalls may have rocks also besides flowing water. This Aamir Khan movie leaves you totally gasping for breath. You feel as if you are stuffed into a plastic bag. Sealed and chained. I could see the movie up to 70%. By that time, the only soul left in the theatre was me.


(Even my companions left the theatre in an attempt to 'feel the real world’) That was basically Mela, a story about a girl (Twinkle, who else!) who takes revenge on an extremist who is responsible for the death of her beloved brother (Ayub Khan in the most artificial role of the century. Aamir and Faisal help her in the process. Dear Readers! Avoid the movie like plague. Your impression on a very talented actor like Aamir Khan may get spoiled beyond acceptable limits if you dare to watch this movie.


God give you the super human perseverance to ''jhailo'' this Aamir starrer and mis-directed by (forgot his name), Dharmesh Darshan, the once celebrated director of movies like Lootere and Raja Hindustani finds himself struggling in recent years with sub-standard movies. Dharmesh Darshan is a limited director. He in Dadkhan mode and displays his shortcomings. He is bad at handling comic scenes; His characters get too loud at times and ham at places. The duo who gave the block-buster ''Raja Hindustani” Lesson: Never go to a movie on the basis of the Director or your favourite actor, they are out to take us for granted. Why even bother, this is by far the worst Aamir Khan movie.


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Lot of reasons you shouldn't watch this movie.
Nov 22, 2005 01:15 AM 5332 Views

I hate dharmesh darshan I think he's one of the worst director's around only movie of his I liked was lootere way back in 1992, with sunny deol, naserudin, juhi, chunkey pandey and anupam kher was a big hit with good performances.


I don't know what darmesh was trying to do copy the movie dumb and dumber with some love story in the middle, with a ghatiya car that aamir and his brother faisal had, kinda llooked like the one jim carrey and jeff daniels had in the movie dumb and dumber.


The story is just simple poor little twinkle twinkle little star khanna's brother is killed by a big gunda, the girl runs and jump in the samunder water girl surives, and twinkle even talks to her self haha. I spent three hours for this movie just to see twinkle khanna yell in the whole movie. I wonder how akshay kumar feels at home.


There are lot of reasons u shouldn't watch this movie, only if you are a die hard aamir fan. I liked aamir khan after the movie ghulam, not that I thought he was a bad actore before he excelled in movies like andaz apna apna, rangeela etc, but I was waiting for this movie, but was big disapoint ment back in 2000. Amir khan singing some fundo songs dekho 2000 zamana a geya bachke rehna logon mein a geya.


Johny lever with long sideburns looking like desi elvis presley.


Twinkle khanna keeps talking to her self in the whole movie


twinkle khanna yells in the whole movie, bachao bachao koi hai jo meri madad kare.


faisal khan and his hair looks like jerry seinfield from that american show.


The song in the startuing where ayub khan dancing like akshay kumar and gets killed after it that was kind of funny.


AShwaryia rai hurts her self feels a little pain at the end of the movie when she falls at the truck.


Twinkle khanna likes pain when he falls on the top of the truck.


aamir khan urinating in a bottle, where johny lever as police officer thinks it's a beer or drink and drinks it, total copy of dumb and dumber.


twinkle khanna keeps running in the whole movie like the road runner and coyote cartoon.


If you want to watch this movie only watch it for aamir khan. He was funny in some scenes.


And dharmesh dharshan still gets hits like aitraaz , bewafa, dhadkan, I wonder if he really directs them.


Birmingham United Kingdom
Strictly A Good Entertainer Not Great
Oct 02, 2005 06:48 PM 6769 Views

Dharmesh Darshan's Mela, billed as The Complete Entertainer. Paired with his most-reliable asset, Aamir Khan, who helped the director give us Raja Hindustani back in 1996, Mr Darshan has chosen the opposite route of his previous blockbuster with a more action-orientated movie.


But after directing Raja Hindustani in 1996, it is obvious expectations are at an all-time high for Mela.


Living up to those expectation's is a very difficult task for Mr Darshan and he falls a long way short with his latest release.


While watching the movie at Star City Cinema, I was constantly reminded of the 1975 classic, Ramesh Sippey's Sholay.


Though it would be wrong to compare an all-time great such as Sholay to a not-so-great Mela, Dharmesh Darshan has deliberately directed the movie with Sholay on his mind.


But if you compare Mela to Sholay, which everybody seems to be doing, then the film will bomb at the box-office.


On the other hand if you see Mela strictly as an 'entertainer', excluding shades of the 1975 classic, it is quite an enjoyable movie.


The main story is that of the Seven Samurai, with the devastated heroine Rupa (Twinkle Khanna) vowing revenge on Gujjar (Gabbar Singh's younger brother??), the villain who brutally murdered her brother and young friend.


While on the run, she bumps into Kishan Pyare (Aamir Khan) and Shankar Shanay (Faizal Khan) - the gold-hearted, friendly duo who immediately seem ready to give up their lives for her.


As for the reason why, we can only imagine!


A predictable story-line with nothing original, complemented by a weak script, full of holes and inconsistent editing, Mela is rescued by the comedy sequences from Aamir, Faizal and Johny Lever.


As a comedy film, the director has done a sound job, though the sequence with Aamir and Johny was very similar to the Hollywood flick Dumb and Dumber starring Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels, but nevertheless it was funny.


Aamir Khan looks impressive again as Kishan Pyare (shades of Dharamendra), the full-of-life character he brilliantly portrays.


Of course, Aamir Khan was great and he did carry a lot of the movie, but every movie I've seen with him he tends to outshine everyone else.


Supported by brother Faizal Khan who has impressed many with his role of Shankar Shanay, there is no doubt he will receive many offers in the near future.


But for all you Twinkle Khanna fans out there, I am sorry to say but she totally ruined the film for me.


First of all, the lady cannot act, she cannot dance and she has no screen presence at all!


It is not surprising considering she is the daughter of so-called Seventies Superstar Rajesh Khanna who was equally as bad, if not worse.


You may think I am sounding a little harsh on Ms Khanna, who is incidentally getting a little cosy with all three Khans (Salman in JPKSHH, Shah Rukh in Badshah, Aamir in Mela), but the bottom line is SHE CANNOT ACT!!


Looking on the positive side, Tinu Verma, who is best known as a fight director, is very impressive in his role as the evil villain Gujjar (rhymes nicely with Gabbar).


Considering it is his very first role in a Bollywood pic, Tinu Verma has all the tools to become a regular villain in the industry (even if he has to shed that excess baggage around the waistline).


Johny Lever is his usual self, this time as Inspector Pakkar Singh or more oftenly referred to as lnspector Pakora' Singh.


The music score is nothing special but it does tend to grow on you the more you listen to it.


The same could be said for Anu Malik who has started to sound like a scratched record, reproducing his own tunes over and over and over again.


But the one song that stands out from the rest is Chori Chori Hum Gori Se sung by Udit Narayan and Abhijeet.


Overall, Mela is a disappointment from Dharmesh Darshan.


The expectations were simply too high and the director failed to satisfy the public.


Personally, I have seen a lot worse than Mela.


I personally feel that Karisma kapoor at the peak of her career would have been perfect for Mela but it was not to be, she would have played the role of (Rupa) very well.


Karisma Kapoor also shares great on screen chemistry with Aamir Khan. Maybe Mela would have been sucessful as Raja Hindustani.


Twinkle Khanna spells murder!


Shocked? Don’t be.


We are only talking about her films.


Actors who play Twinkle’s reel-brothers invariably end up being killed in the said films.


In International Khiladi, for example, Vivek Shauq played her brother and was killed on screen. Deepak Tijori played Twinkle’s brother in Baadshah; he too was murdered in the film.


More recently, in Mela, Ayub Khan falls prey to Tinnu Verma’s bullets in the initial reels, leaving his sister Twinkle unprotected in the big, bad world.


Mela may have missed the bus in cities across India, but it has done good business in 'B' and 'C' class centres.


The smaller centres like action films and although this one stars Aamir Khan, a romantic hero, as well for its places where action sells.


It was a Hit in Bihar, C P Berar, C I and Rajasthan and did well in Delhi.


Mela Overflowed North and Central India But Flopped every where else.


Review Of Mela
Jan 13, 2005 05:51 PM 3859 Views

Director - Dharmesh Darshan


Script -


If you thought Raja Hindustani was bad..Wait till you see Mela. Long in the making and very badly handled topic about a knight in shining armour, Aamir Khan, along with Faisal Khan, Johnny Lever and others savinfg Damsel in Distress, Twinkle Khanna. Heavily inspired from Caravan, Sholay, China Gate and all the dacoit drama you can think about. A movie so bad that it makes , ganga ki saugandh (the new one starring mithun and jackie shroff..the old one starring amitabh bachchan was awful) seem like casablanca. I came in 5 minutes late so I missed the credits but the writer of the movie and the director need some serious therapy for giving us this trash. Possibly Aamir Khan's first and last worst performance as an actor.


Quotes


1)I am Kishen Pyaare..S.S.C. Fail.


Psst.


1) This movie took 3 years to make.


2) This was Faisal Khan's first hindi movie in 6 years.


3) The original music Score was by Rajesh Roshan. Anu Malik and Leslie Lewis were roped in at the last moment. All 3 were not in speaking terms with each other.


4) This is Action Co-ordinator Tinnu Varma's first movie as an actor.


Oops


1) Watch the geographical locations keep changing throughout from Maharashtra to Northern India.


2) In the Waterfall song Twinkle Khanna gets wet and the next minute gets dry.


3) After getting beaten up so badly how come Aamir Khan and Faisal Khan still manage to beat up the bad guys?


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