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Mela is a Sanskrit word meaning 'gathering' or 'to meet' or a ' fair'. It is used in the Indian subcontinent for all sizes of gatherings and can be religious, commercial, cultural or sport-related. In rural traditions melas or village fairs were (and in some cases still are) of great importance. This led to their export around the world by south Asian diaspora communities wishing to bring something of that tradition to their new countries.
In recent times "Mela" also popularly refers to shows and exhibitions. It can be theme-based, promoting a particular culture, art or skill. Generally in "melas" people can find eateries, entertainment activities, shops and games.
The Kumbh Mela, held every twelve years, at Allahabad, Haridwar, Nashik and Ujjain is one of the largest fairs in India, where over 60 million people gathered in January 2001, making it the largest gathering anywhere in the world.
Mela (; meaning: Fair) is a 2000 Bollywood action masala film directed by Dharmesh Darshan. It starrs Aamir Khan, his real-life brother Faisal Khan, and Twinkle Khanna. It is still remembered for being one of the biggest box-office failures of the year 2000
'Mela ' is a 1971 family drama Indian Hindi movie directed by Prakash Mehra. This was Prakash Mehra's Second directorial venture after Haseena Maan Jayegi(1968) .
The movie stars the real life brothers Sanjay Khan and Feroz Khan with Mumtaz as the female lead, Sachin and Rajindernath as the then customary comic relief. The music was given by R.D. Burman.
Mela (The Fair) is a 1948 romantic tragedy Urdu/Hindi film. It was produced by and directed by S.U. Sunny for Wadia Movietone. It starred Dilip Kumar, Nargis, Jeevan, Rehman and Nur Jehan. 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 fair-ground and picturised on a wandering mendicant at the start of the film. Lyrics of the songs were written by Shakeel Badayuni with story and dialogue by Azam Bazidpuri.
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 gentleman, 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.
Mela is a Sanskrit term for "gathering".
Mela may also refer to:
- Mela, Corse-du-Sud, a commune on Corsica, France
- Mela, an Italian language term for "apple"
- Mela, diminutive of the Italian names " Carmela" and " Melissa"
- Pomponius Mela, a Roman geographer
Mela is a 1980 Malayalam-language Indian feature film directed by K. G. George, starring Raghu, Anjali Naidu, and Mammootty. This is one of the earliest films of the later superstar of Malayalam film, Mammootty, in which he played a notable and full-length role.
This is also a film noted for starring the shortest actor (Raghu) as the protagonist and in a full-length character. But the Guinness record for this entry has been awarded to Ajaykumar (Pakru) for his supporting role in the 2005 film Athbhutha Dweepu.
Mela ( Punjabi: ) is 1986 पाकिस्तानी सुपरहिट Pakistani Punjabi language action, directed by Hassan Askari and produced by Anwar Kamal Pasha. Film starring actor Sultan Rahi in the lead role and with Anjuman and Ajmal Khan as the villain.
Mela is a global entertainment consumer service with one of the largest aggregations of premium South Asian video content. It was launched in October 2011 by Verismo Networks. Mela offers hit Bollywood and regional South Asian movies and live news and entertainment television channels. The service is distributed through a variety of streaming devices. Mela’s content includes around 1,000 movies and over 70 live television channels in Hindi, Tamil, Telegu, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, and Gujarati. It holds the largest selection of live Telegu channels in the United States.
Mela has established partnerships for local distribution throughout the United States, Canada, UK, and Australia. The company has announced plans to expand globally in other international markets in a phased manner.
Usage examples of "mela".
Meanwhile the commander-in-chief had advanced, accompanied by the larger part of his forces, and had crossed the Oglio in two columns: he launched one column, under General Rosenberg, towards Bergamo, and the other, with General Melas in charge, towards the Serio, whilst a body of seven or eight thousand men, commanded by General Kaim and General Hohenzollern, were directed towards Placentia and Cremona, thus occupying the whole of the left bank of the Po, in such a manner that the Austro-Russian army advanced deploying eighty thousand men along a front of forty-five miles.
I started to ask about Mela Merwoman, I was thinking of the way she kidnapped Prince Dolph, intending to marry him when he came of age.
It made her feel slightly less worse to know that Mela Merwoman had also been deceived.
Mela Merwoman, Ida Human, and Okra Ogress, who are here temporarily until their rocket seed is ready to move again.
Gwenny Goblin was quite pretty, and Mela Merwoman was physically luscious, for all that he was to young to notice, but Nada was beautiful.
Anyway, they were nice panties, and they had helped Mela Merwoman to nab her husband, which was the point of the whole adventure,.
They were all under the aegis of the castle, so tender morsels like Jenny Elf or Mela Merwoman had no fear of the dragon Stanley Steamer or the reality-changing Com-Pewter.
The two gargoyles provided a steady stream of guaranteed fresh water, which pooled in two depressions of the cloud, so that Nada Naga could swim in one, and Mela Merwoman could swim in the other, after it had been appropriately salted.
She testified that she and her friends Mela Merwoman and Ida Human had been sent by the Simurgh to rescue the stranded trio, and had done so, with the help of a Seed of Thyme and some negotiation.
Mela modeled but did not choose, and for Canis the dog and the seed of Thyme.
He ran into a north-south transponder road, and followed it up a short rise to the southern rim of Melas Chasma, and got out of the rover to have a proper look.
Olympians erected a small, remote laboratory in Melas Dorsa, using some of their own money and a bit of land donated by Klein BM.
Melas Dorsa is moderately cratered land, cut from the south by shallow canyons, and swept by low dunes.
Melas Dorsa, no stations within four hundred kilometers of the lab, and Charles warned me there would be few amenities.
From this budget came money to build a larger laboratory in Melas Dorsa, for research on constructing larger versions of tweaker mirror matter drives.