Powerful

Nice effects though.

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Definitely one of the funniest movie I have seen in a long time. One thing leading to another in a village full of uneducated people.Paresh Rawal is undoubtedly one of Bollywood's finest and best actors when it comes to essaying such character driven roles as the greedy lottery ticket salesman he plays in Malamaal Weekly. It's almost hard to believe that it's the same guy who played the guru cultist in 'No Smoking' and then the suave lawyer , he is just too good. Om Puri, Paresh Rawal, Ritesh Deshmukh, Rajpal Yadav and Seema Biswas are all in their element as they round out the cast in supporting roles. I really liked this film and I recommend it to others.In the city of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

I know I know, this is a remake, but still, it is screamingly funny, and it isn't everyday that u find a screamingly funny Hindi movie in the theaters... True its really sad that Bolly is now copying ideas for comedies as well, but it doesn't matter, cos this is funny as well... the entire movie is set by Paresh Rawal. he controls the pace of the movie, Om Puri and Asrani give him good support. The acting is good. These veterans bring out the authentic UP/Bhojpuri Hindi. Ritesh DEshmukh as usual does a good performance on his part. Shakti Kapur is again very nice in his own small way... The good thing is that the director wisely reduced the number of songs...Overall 8/10!!!

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!!

This movie is worth watching- that is if you want the time to pass and if you're bored out of you're mind. It was quite humorous, but not very memorable. I think this movie would have been excellent if only it was cut about an hour or so, because it really did drag on.The characters were brilliantly casted, and the acting was very well rehearsed. But honestly, this movie isn't worth three hours of you're time. It's unique, because the whole plot isn't some sappy love story, but the again it really does DRAG ON.I'll say that one more time to make myself clear. This movie really does DRAG ON.Watch this if you're bored out of you're mind, and want to see something humorous, but not "memorable humorous." I mean, after the movie ends, you won't be like "Oh, ha-ha! I remember when so-and-so did that- classic!" You're reaction will more be like "huh. That was not too bad. What's for dinner?"