Aug 10, 2006 10:21 PM
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All of us seek entertainment when we pop in that DVD or pay good money for cinema tickets. Off late, I had lost hope of finding any film funny unless I started considering 2 hrs of sex-related jokes and bad slapstick "comedy". So as you can imagine, I was not expecting much when I played Malamaal Weekly. 10 minutes into the film, I was laughing and one and a half hour later I was still laughing!
The film has a plethora of talent with Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Rajpal Yadav and impressive Ritesh Deshmukh.The story revolves around a winning lottery ticket and faltering morals of the people of a small village. The village is under strict control of the "thukrayan" (Sudha Chandran) who plays the extortionist loan shark. Rajpal Yadav plays a negative character but still entertains with his antics while Ritesh plays the good for nothing love interest of puri's daughter. Paresh Rawal plays the lottery ticket vendor who is the only literate person in the village. Upon chancing the winning lottery ticket number, he finds himself greedy for the money thinking how it will solve all his problems. Since he is the one who informs the village what the ticket number for the week is - he decides to keep the info to himself and hatches a scheme to acquire all the lotto tickets from the village folk. However, to his dismay he doesnt get his hands on the winning ticket and realises the only person who could have it - Anthony. He decides to pay a vists to Anthony to try and cut a deal with him only to find dear Anthony bhai - DEAD with the ticket still in his hand! It is now only a matter of grabbing the ticket but just as Paresh Rawal tries it, in walks Om Puri on the scene believing Rawal has disposed of Anthony. Rawal explain the situation to Puri and they decide to split the fortune. All they have to do it is prove to the Lotto inspector that Om Puri is infact Anthony. As a good comedy would have it, the plot turns from a relatively simple plan to a confusing sequence of events as Om Puri, Ritesh and eventually half the village becòmes part of the conspiracy! The foiled conspiracy however leads everyone to question their morality and how the money they dont have yet has poisoned them.
Will they be able to fool the inspector? Will they get the fortune they have "worked"so hard for to set them free from the evil thukrayan? You will have to watch to find out - enjoy the ride.
After a long time, I thoroughly enjoyed a film and switched my tv off smiling. If nothing else, the filmmakers should be applauded for an authentic plot and script. This Priyadarshan entertainer delivers what a comedy should - Good, Clean Fun!
