| Mela | |
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| Directed by | S. U. Sunny |
| Written by | Azm Bazidpuri |
| Story by | Azm Bazidpuri |
| Produced by | S. U. Sunny |
| Starring | Dilip Kumar Nargis Jeevan |
| Cinematography | Fali Mistry |
| Edited by | Moosa Mansoor |
| Music by | Naushad |
| Distributed by | Wadia Movietone |
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| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Mela (transl. The Fair) is a 1948 Indian Hindi-language romantic tragedy film. It was produced by and directed by S.U. Sunny for Wadia Movietone. It starred Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Jeevan, Rehman and Nur Jehan.[1] The film's music was composed by Naushad. Mukesh gave playback for Dilip in this film and one of the "Mukesh hits" was "Gaye Ja Geet Milan Ke". Mohammed Rafi's voice was used just once, for the popular song "Ye Zindagi Ke Mele", set in a fairground and picturised on a wandering mendicant at the start of the film.[2] The lyrics of the songs were written by Shakeel Badayuni with story and dialogue by Azam Bazidpuri.[3]
The musical film, set in a village milieu, was a tragic love story involving Manju and Mohan. Manju is married off to a seventy-year-old man, who declares that he didn't realise he was being married to someone so young. After the husband's death, the lovers meet and Manju dies accidentally. Mohan is convicted for her murder, and after spending twenty years in jail, he too falls off the cliff and dies when he follows Manju's spirit.
- ^ Sanjit Narwekar (21 December 2012). "Filmography". DILIP KUMAR THE LAST EMPEROR. Rupa Publications. pp. 171–. ISBN 978-81-291-3365-6. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ Raju Bharatan (1 September 2010). A Journey Down Melody Lane. Hay House, Inc. pp. 169–. ISBN 978-93-81398-05-0. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ Patel, Baburao (December 1948). "Review Mela". Filmindia. 14 (12): 55. Retrieved 19 August 2015.