Malamaal Weekly (2006)

Original title

मालामाल वीकली

Directed by

Priyadarshan

Genre

comedy film

Country

India

Runtime

2h 17m

Rated

6

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The residents of a small Indian village discover that someone among them has won a huge lottery prize. A series of comedic misunderstandings and schemes unfold as everyone tries to claim the money.

lightheartedcomedicchaoticwhimsicalupbeatfeel-goodquirky

What happens

Malamaal Weekly is a 2006 Indian Hindi-language comedy film written and directed by Priyadarshan starring Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Riteish Deshmukh, Arbaaz Khan, Rajpal Yadav and Asrani. The film received mixed reviews from critics, but was successful at the box office, grossing ₹42.7 crore against a budget of ₹7 crore. Based on Waking Ned (1998), the film was remade in Telugu in the same year as Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw (2006), in Kannada as Dakota Picture (2012) and in Malayalam by same director as Aamayum Muyalum (2014). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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