Maalamal weekly

Maalamal weekly – 5.5/10

Another one from the Priyadarshan mill, it has the Priyadarshan stamp all over, a few jokes have been repeated, and the unexpected funny situation is only to be expected these days in Priyadarshan movies. But nevertheless it does manage to tickle your funny bone every now and then. Good performances by Om Puri, Paresh and Asrani. The movie scores a few points because it’s not a typical boy meets girl type of movie, however the central story is a bit weak to be stretched for 3 hours, and drags for quite some time. It was good to see Rimi Sen, its always good these days to see the hero and heroine reduced to just a character in the movie so that we can have a story. I had liked her in ‘Hum ho gay aapke’ a movie which I should have included in the worst movies ever made. Gosh can’t believe I still remember it, even Fardeen would have forgotten about it, and Apurva-Arman-Agnihotri would even deny he acted in it…that would be honest of him to be literal. Back to Maalamal weekly, Ritesh Deshmukh and Vijay Rajpal Yadav are good too. After ‘Kya kool hai hum’ Ritesh has consistently failed to live up to the expectation, but he tries nevertheless.
Verdict: See it if you have nothing much to do tonight.