
Laholi is a small village in India whose inhabitants are poor, simple-minded, and are used to their lives being controlled by the dictatorial Landlord, Thakurain, and her brother, Baj Bahadur. Although Lilaram is the one with the highest educational qualifications, he is unable to secure any job. He decides to make a living selling lottery tickets, especially the Delhi-based Malamaal Weekly, but is barely able to make ends meet. Then one day he finds out that one of his lotte... (Full plot summary below)
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Laholi is a small village in India whose inhabitants are poor, simple-minded, and are used to their lives being controlled by the dictatorial Landlord, Thakurain, and her brother, Baj Bahadur. Although Lilaram is the one with the highest educational qualifications, he is unable to secure any job. He decides to make a living selling lottery tickets, especially the Delhi-based Malamaal Weekly, but is barely able to make ends meet. Then one day he finds out that one of his lottery tickets is a winner. He concocts a scheme with his wife, which involves pawning her pet goat with the Thakurain, getting people together for a feast, so that he can get their tickets back - all in vain. Then he finds out that the only one who was absent was the town drunk, Anthony Fernandes. When he goes to Anthony's house he finds him dead, happily clutching his winning lottery ticket. When Lilaram tries to take the ticket from Anthony's hand, another villager, Balwant, happens to come by, both of them compromise and decide to share the one crore prize. They decide to toss the body in the river. Then Kanhaiya, who wants to marry Lilaram's daughter, Sukhmani, comes by, he overhears, and is also made a partner. Kanhaiya is asked to dispose off the body, which he does. The next day when Lilaram telephones the lottery office, he is told that Anthony had already phoned in his winning number. Lilaram, Kanhaiya, and Balwant rush to get Anthony's body back, which they find perched on a tree, as Kanhaiya had not done a good job. They take the body back and it is there that they are met by Anthony's estranged sister, Mary, who also knew about the winning ticket. After a few clarifications, Mary, her husband, and her child are also made partners. Then the sky literally falls on them when they find several village businessmen, to whom Anthony owed money, assembled in front of the house to collect their dues. They too are inducted as partners and then begins the trial of convincing the Lottery Inspector, Jayesh Agarwal, that Anthony is alive. Watch hilarious chaos unfold when Baj Bahadur, who also wants to marry Sukhmani, finds out about the winning lottery ticket.
Leave your thoughts about Malamaal Weekly.
| User ReviewKirandeep BOne of the best comedy movies, I had seen. I will put it equal to Angoor(Sanjeev Kumar) & Jane Bhee Do Yaroo |
| User ReviewJaspreet KWhat great comedy, to think it had started from just the purchase of one lottery ticket! |
| User ReviewAmanda PLeave your brains at home before watching this film coz you don't need them. |
| User ReviewKirat PI bought it, my neighbor saw it before me, and he find it really bad. He might not understood the Indian humor, or he just got another taste. It's not a hit, but absolutely worth spending time watching. Or as I would said it in norwegian: Komplisert og vittig. |
| User ReviewPrivate Uwht a crack up!!..ull laugh so much ur tummy hurts!! |
| User ReviewZahid CPriyadarshan has given paresh rawal the image of comic person. due to him, now in most movies, paresh is offered supporting actor role. other wise back in days, he used to be in negative roles only. But this movie is kinda boring. |
| User ReviewMaryam TAn average Indian comedy featuring Paresh Rawal as the only literate village person, selling lottery tickets and hitting the jackpot prize. He wants to keep the money to himself but his townfolk discover his secret, thus leading to many plot twists and turns. Ritesh Deshmukh gives the film's excellent performance as the love-struck Romeo. |
| User Reviewmohammed zMALAMAAL WEEKLY, MONEY DRIVES PEOPLE CRAZY |