Mela
Film poster
Directed by	K. G. George
Written by	Sreedharan Champad K. G. George
Screenplay by	K. G. George Sreedharan Champad
Story by	Sreedharan Champad
Based on	Mela by Sreedharan Champad
Produced by	Prabhakaran Saidu Muhammad VK Sidharthan
Starring	Raghu Anjali Naidu Mohan Elias Mammootty
Cinematography	Ramachandra Babu
Edited by	Ravi
Music by	M. B. Sreenivasan
Production company	Visal Movies
Distributed by	Visal Movies
Release date	5 December 1980 (1980-12-05)
Running time	150 minutes
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Mela (transl. Fair) is a 1980 Malayalam-language Indian film directed by K. G. George, starring Raghu, Anjali Naidu, and Mammootty.^[1] It is noted for starring the shortest actor (Raghu) as the protagonist and in a full-length character.^[2][3]

Plot

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—motorcycle stuntsman Vijayan (Mammootty). They show the signs of moving into an affair. Some drama follows and the protagonist, the clown, hands over his wife to the bike jumper and commits suicide.

Cast

• Raghu as Govindan Kutty, a circus clown, the protagonist.^[4]
• Anjali Naidu as Sharada, the wife of the protagonist.
• Mammootty as Vijayan, a bike jumper in the circus
• Iringal Narayani as the mother of protagonist (Raghu)
• K. G. Pinarayi
• Mohan Elias (Sumesh)
• Sreenivasan as Balan
• Sharaff as Ramesh – Circus Manager
• Bhaskara Kurup

Soundtrack

The music was composed by M. K. Arjunan and M. B. Sreenivasan and the lyrics were written by O. N. V. Kurup and Mullanezhi.