99 comes as a soothing relief after the self imposed sabbatical of cinema houses which had caused a bollywood movie draught. It may not be clubbed with the best of rip roaring hindi cinema but its storyline is captivating and characters fit into their roles like free size garments in this era of XL AND XXL size fitting or misfitting rather.
THE PLOT
Kunal Khemu and Cyrus Broacha are two fake sim card makers,illegally licensed software providers and run a small scale business of similar ilk in countryside Mumbai from a dilapidated room. But this business gets caught when they come across a customer who names them to the police.The two then are caught by a Mumbai don who makes them pay for leaving his car in shambles in trying to steal it. Owing to lack of funds to return to him they plan to side with him and do "hafta wasooli" under his aegis.They are then sent to Delhi forcefully to retrieve money from Boman Iraani who is an insolvent cricket betting enthusiast with loads of money to return to loads of people. What ensues when these three meet forms a glorious rest of the movie...................
THE POSITIVES
1. The film doesnt run short of plus points even though it lacks a strong storyline yet it has a captivating plot which keeps the viewer at the edge of the seat and that too not without a smile and leaves wondering as to what is going to happen next. Not a single moment in this movie is what can be called as vapid.
2.The acting by all the protagonists is pleasing and Boman Irani stands out.
3.Kunal Khemu looks fantastic with his toned up body even though he has to improve on his acting skills.
4.The villains in the movie are so endearing that you fail to hate them. They seem to catch all the attention despite other interesting characters.
5.Reality is filled in this movie like cream in a pastry. The reasearch work done to make it is just exemplary and hats off to the producer director for coming out against odds to release this movie against the strike in the industry.
6.Some sequences like the one in the end when Kunal Khemu runs in Pallika bazaar just stands out in chasing ones.
7.Vinod Khanna is at his acting best.
THE NEGATIVES
Fortunately this movie has very few of it.
1.Soha Ali Khan is good but not good enough and her role seems to have been wasted.
2.Delhi hasnt been accentuated enough.
3.Songs are good but not fit to the occasion.
4.Boman Iraani's ending part is not convincing and explained in detail.
All in all a great movie ful time pass and a must watch this season. It looks like Oye Lucky Lucky Oye this is a film with non stop entertainment. A great time pass replete with action and worth the money.
I WILL GO WITH 3 OUT OF 5 FOR THIS RELENTLESS ENTHRALL GO WATCH IT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!
