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Malamaal Weekly

2006 · 138 min

A chaotic, good-natured scramble for sudden wealth in a dusty village, full of slapstick schemes and colourful characters.

Directed by: Priyadarshan
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Starring: Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Riteish Deshmukh

Overview: After one of his customers dies from the shock of winning a lottery, lottery ticket seller Lilaram hatches a plan to have that money all for himself. But others from the village have also got their eyes on the money.

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Directed by: Priyadarshan
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Starring: Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Riteish Deshmukh

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Tone: absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: greed
class
deception
family
friendship
Places: small town
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	3
Horror	1
Humour	8
Realism	6
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	4

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Genres: comedy, crime
Directed by: Priyadarshan
Written by: Aishwarya Kaushik
Starring: Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Riteish Deshmukh, Reema Sen, Rajpal Yadav, Sudha Chandran, Asrani, Shakti Kapoor
Runtime: 138 min
Country: India
Languages: Hindi

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