Malaamal Weekly is a 2006 Bollywood comedy film starring Paresh Rawal and Om Puri and written and directed by Priyadarshan. The storyline has similarities with Waking Ned Devine. The film was rated poorly by most critics in India but was a surprise hit among cinema-goers. The film takes place in the impoverished village of Laholi where, following droughts, most of the villagers' possessions are mortgaged to the local Thakurani Karamkali . One of the few entertainments the villagers can afford is the lottery, Malaamal Weekly . Lilaram is the only educated man in the village. He has the job of... intermediary between the lottery organisation and the village, for which he receives a commission whenever a villager wins; thus, he has a relatively good but volatile income. One day he reads the winning lottery numbers and realises that one of the tickets has won the top prize of one crore . He devises a plan to obtain the winning ticket and present it to the commission as his own.
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| Release date: | March 10, 2006 |
| Directed by: | Priyadarshan |
| Runtime: | 160 Minutes |
| Producer: | Darshan Rohira |
| Editor: | N. Gopalakrishnan, Arun Krishnan, Arun Kumar |
| Music by: | Uttank Vora |
| Cinematography: | Sameer Arya |
| Screenplay by: | Priyadarshan |
| Genre: | Comedy, Musical |