Mumbai, March 10 Actor Rajpal Yadav expressed his gratitude to the audience for all the love they showered on his movie "Malamaal Weekly" and his character Bajey, as Priyadarshan's comedy film completed 20 years of release on Tuesday.
To commemorate this significant milestone, Rajpal uploaded a video compilation of some of his hilarious scenes from "Malamaal Weekly" on his official Instagram handle.
Thanking the movie fans for giving so much love to him and the movie, Rajpal wrote on the photo-sharing app, "I can't believe it's been 20 years! Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for loving Bajey and the film so much (sic)".
Besides Rajpal, the comedy drama also stars Paresh Rawal, Om Puri, Riteish Deshmukh, Rajpal Yadav, and Asrani in important roles, among others.
The project, based on the 1998 film "Waking Ned", tells the story of Lilaram (played by Paresh Rawal), a lottery ticket seller in the impoverished village of Laholi. When one of his tickets wins a massive jackpot, Lilaram comes up with a plan to claim the prize for himself, leading to a series of hilarious mishaps.
The movie was later remade in Telugu in the same year as "Bhagyalakshmi Bumper Draw" in 2006, and in Kannada as "Dakota Picture" in 2012. The Malayalam version of the movie was called "Aamayum Muyalum", which was released in 2014.
The story, penned by Aishwarya Kaushik, is narrated by the celebrated actor Naseeruddin Shah.
Backed by the production banners Percept Picture Company and Sahara One Motion Pictures, the project features the cinematography by Sameer Arya, with N. Gopalakrishnan and Arun Kumar handling the editing.
The songs for "Malamaal Weekly" were composed by Javed Ali, with the background score from Uttankk V. Vorra and Kannan.