Trying to hit the jackpot
Malamaal Weekly airs on Filmy at 9.45 pm on December 3. In this hilarious film, Lilaram (played by Paresh Rawal) sells Malamaal Weekly lottery tickets in a small village. He's extremely poor and so, gets very excited when he finds out that one of the tickets that he sold has won a prize of one crore rupees.
He calls everyone home for dinner, asking them to give him the tickets that they had bought in exchange.
His efforts are in vain as one ticket is not returned — and that is the winner. He traces it to Anthony, another villager, and goes to his house, only to find him dead.
He prises the ticket from Anthony's hand only to find Balwant (played by Om Puri) looking in on this scene. Balwant thinks that Lilaram has murdered Anthony. Lilaram convinces them otherwise and tells him about the lottery and they plan to share the loot.
But as they try to dispose of the body, many more people become part of the plan. And then, they have to convince the lottery inspector that Anthony is alive. Find out to what lengths Lilaram and his comrades are ready to go to get the money.
Tales from the sky
Top Gun' is a classic flick directed by Tony Scott. It is the story of Maverick, a pilot, who encounters a pair of MiGs over the Persian Gulf — his wingman is clearly out-flown and freaks.
On almost no fuel, Maverick is able to talk him back down to the ground.
When his wingman turns in his wings, Maverick is moved up in the standings and sent to the Top Gun Naval Flying School.
There, he fights the attitudes of the other pilots and an old story of his father's death in combat, that killed others due to his father's error.
Maverick struggles to be the best pilot, stepping on the toes of his other students and spending time with Charlie, a civilian instructor to whom he is strongly attracted. Watch 'Top Gun' on HBO at 9 pm on December 3.
The tables are turned
The Proposal' stars Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T Nelson and Betty White. Margaret Tate (played by Sandra Bullock) is the chief editor of a publishing house. She is extremely tough on her colleagues, who hate her.
Andrew (essayed by Ryan Reynolds) is her assistant, who aspires to become an editor himself — but this is easier said than done, since Margaret is not bothered about his career. But soon, the tables are changed in such a fashion that Margaret is forced to take Andrew's help. Will he bail her out? Watch the movie on Zee Studio at 1 pm on December 3 to find out.
Always a bridesmaid
The movie '27 Dresses' revolves around Jane (played by Katherine Heigl), who can never say no to her friends.
She has been bridesmaid at 27 weddings and has always helped plan all of them. Jane is also in love with George (Edward Burns), her boss and dreams of having a lovely wedding sometime in the future.
But her hopes come crashing down when Jane's sister, Tess (essayed by
Malin Akerman) comes to town.
Jane watches on helpless while George falls for Tess — it seems like they will be planning a wedding soon.
In the meanwhile, Kevin — a journalist without a single romantic bone in his body — is very interested in Jane.
Will she be able to fall for him? Watch the flick on Star Movies at 6.40 pm on December 3 to find out.
(tv show timings are subject to change)