In the year 2000, Aamir Khan and Twinkle Khanna starrer film ‘Mela’ was released in theatres on 7 January. This film flopped so badly at the box office that lead actress Twinkle Khanna said goodbye to Bollywood. Not only this, Aamir Khan also counts this film as one of the worst films of his career. This film was a huge flop at the box office and ruined Twinkle Khanna’s career. After this film, Twinkle Khanna said goodbye to acting.
The lead actress left the industry after the film.
Twinkle Khanna, daughter of Rajesh Khanna, who was a superstar of his time in Bollywood, also followed her father’s footsteps and entered films. Twinkle made her Bollywood debut in 1995 with the film ‘Barsaat’. Twinkle Khanna’s debut with Bobby Deol was a hit and her first film itself was a box office success. After this, many films came to Twinkle’s credit. Twinkle worked in films like Jaan with Ajay Devgan and Dil Tera Deewana with Saif Ali Khan. After working in about half a dozen films, Twinkle’s films started to flop. Twinkle signed Mela in the year 1999 and completed the shooting. After this, the film was released in theatres the next year in 2000. After the release of this film, Twinkle Khanna had to face a lot of criticism. After this film, Twinkle Khanna said goodbye to Bollywood.
The film was a flop at the box office.
Aamir Khan starrer film Mela was released in theatres on 7 January 2000 and flopped at the box office. This film by director Dharmesh Darshan was made with a budget of 18 crores. The film earned 29 crores worldwide. But this film proved to be a huge flop at the box office. Aamir Khan himself has talked about this film many times. Some time ago, Aamir Khan told PTI in an interview that this has been one of the worst films of my career.