silvan-desouza They are some films which work due to big stars but Priyadarshan's MALAMAAL WEEKLY which had Paresh, Om Puri in main leads worked just on the popularity of Paresh and people who like Priyadarshan's comedyThe film is a remake of WAKING NED DIVINE(1998)The film has a good plot and the comedy is situational like HERA PHERI but the problem being the film drags in between and too many characters also the comedy at places is too crudeThe film otherwise follows 1 track throughout and doesn't break into dances.etc the romance is also non filmy The chaos that ensue due to the hidden lottery and many gags are hilarious The film keeps your attention most of the film only the film tends to drag here and there The climax also follows the typical Priyadarshan style where people chase othersDirection by Priyadarshan is good but his claiming that he wrote the script is faulty as the film is a remake of WAKING NED Music(only 1 song in the background) is okayParesh Rawal entertains though his new look is bad but yet he is good though nothing new Om Puri is good but hams at places Ritiesh though sidelined does a great job Reema Sen is okay Sudha Chandran is good Arbaaz Khan is good Asrani is as usual, loud and so is Shakti Kapoor and Rajpal Yadav the rest are okay

sashami This movie is one of the best I have seen coming out of India. It has a very complex plot that is very well put together. The acting is top notch. The movie is also one of the funniest I have seen in a long time. It made me laugh and laugh and laugh. Highly Recommended !!! Someone wrote that it is inspired by another movie. Most movies have been inspired by some other movie or story. The movie is set in a small and very poor village in modern day India and is about a lottery ticket reseller whose customer wins 1 crore rupees. The man dies of happiness but not before he has told his estranged sister and half the village. What follows is a riot of side splittingly funny events as the lottery ticket reseller tries to keep it a secret and in the process make some money.

akhilg_205 A very nice comedy after a long time...free of nudity, vulgarity etc ... a complete family entertainer. A great theme making people laugh from the beginning till the end of the movie. Although the film has stars of the fame like The great comedy king Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Asraani, Sudha Chandran, Ritesh, Shakti Kapoor etc but still the movie doesn't look cluttered with stars... Star of the Show is "Baaje" n "Leela" And unlike most of other comedy movies.. the end of Malamaal Weekly is still grasping and very very comic. A total Paisaa Wasool.... A bit overdoing on part of Ritesh.. But still a good Timepass. Do watch!!

kammaz I bamboozled my sister into going to this movie since I'd heard such a lot about it and had a lot of expectations. Needless to say ... we were both sorely disappointed by what we were subjected to! For starters,the movie is a slap-stick of the worst kind! There are portions that are funny, but by and large, one has to make a major effort to even figure out what the jokes are all about. It's almost like someone trying to tickle one forcibly to elicit some laughter, but all that one succeeds at is to make the person ill-humoured and crabby! Why does Paresh Rawal need to wear a pair of dentures that start out by looking like they need to be cleaned ... then this happens (that is there are a couple of scenes where the dentures are sparkling), only to be stained again, probably when the continuity-man notices the flaw! Paresh Rawal has tremendous comic potential ... his acting calibre is truly remarkable. Why did he accept a role in such a "D-graded" movie??Most of the senior, established actors, though talented, seem to have wasted their efforts in this movie. Rajpal Yadav too seems to have got stuck in a rut with his mannerisms and dialogue delivery. He should try to break out of this mould before his style becomes any more clichéd!As for Riteish Deshmukh ... he was about the only pleasant surprise. He's probably best suited to the role of the smart-aleck villager ... or at any rate, he's portrayed his role very well! As for his love interest ... the less one says about her, the better!! She behaves like a socialite who's been thrust into a rural setting ... and hates every moment of it!There are quite a few discrepancies other than the one mentioned above. Anthony's position, expression etc. change through the movie. As for his sister, Mary, there are at least a couple of times that she utters, "Hey! Bhagawan!" ...IN SPITE of being a Christian! Being an animal lover, I found selling the pet goat to the butcher, in very bad taste. It could have been avoided.The situations are also very forced and this mars the general flow of the narration.All in all, what with all the advertisement and hype leading up to the release of the movie (including a "lottery") one expects a bit more than what one gets.I would sincerely dissuade people from spending large sums of money (thanks to the rates at Inox!) in order to see this film. Those who do go and see it ...well, don't tell me that you weren't warned!!