Mar 21, 2006 06:25 PM
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(Updated Mar 21, 2006 09:38 PM)
''Mere hisse ka kya?'', asks a desperate Om Puri to a terrified Paresh Rawal. Welcome to Lathouri, a tiny village ruled by a thakurain. Here, the villagers are exploited by her. The movie is about a bunch of crazy villagers who walk on a tedha-medha rasta to get a crore of rupees. Leading the gang is Paresh Rawal, the only literate person in the village, accompanied by Om Puri, a milk-man; Ritesh Deshmukh, a boy of twenty who is in love with Om Puri's daughter etc.
Every week some villagers buy lottery tickets from Rawal hoping that someday they will win the bumper prize worth one crore rupees. One day Paresh Rawal inspects every ticket bought by the villagers and realizes that one of the villagers has won the bumper prize. He soon learns that the lucky villager is none other than Anthony, a drunkard who lives a quiet life. Paresh Rawal secretly wants the money for himself, but his bubbles are burst when he soon comes to know that Anthony has died due to heart-attack. No one knows about it. So Paresh Rawal, with an intention to steal the abandoned ticket goes to his house. As Paresh tries to loosen Anthony's grip from the ticket, Om Puri sees him, thinking that Paresh has killed Anthony. But as things become clearer, more than 15 villagers learn about it. Now, Paresh and Om Puri, alongwith those few villagers must play a trick on the lottery inspector (Arbaaz Khan), and convince him that Anthony is not dead, otherwise they wont get the money. And then follows a wild comedy with witty dialogues. In the end...hold on! I'm not gonna reveal the climax.
The movie is written, directed and produced by the king of bollywood comedy, Priyadarshan. Having succeeded with most of his comedy films like HERA PHERI, HUNGAMA, HULCHUL, GARAM MASALA; this one again a good rib-tickler.
Acting by Paresh Rawal, Om Puri and Rajpal Yadav is good. Ritesh is okay. The other actors do a fairly good job.
The movie has just one song, that too, not a good one. I dont know who the music director is, but whoever it is, has done a below-average job. Thats the main set-back of Priyadarshan films. All of his films except Garam Masala have bad usic.
The dialogues are clever. Just the typical village dialogues.
In the beginnng, we dont really like how things shape up, how the story develops,but as time passes the movie gets better and better with each passing minute.
All in all, Malaamaal Weekly gives you a good entertainment of two hours. However, you'll be a little disappointed as the movie has not star faces except Paresh Rawal.
This movie is worth your two hours...and your fifty-rupee note.
Rating : Three And A Half Stars
