Monday, June 8, 2009

99 - Movie Review

Cast: Vinod Khanna, Kunal Khemu, Soha Ali Khan, Boman Irani, Mahesh Manjrekar, Simone, Cyrus
Director: Krishna DK, Raj Nidimoru
Rating: ***

The movie promised to be a laugh riot and to a little extent lives up to its expectations. There is nothing in the script to make you sit back or think. Kunal Khemu and Cyrus Bocha are SIM card thiefs who create duplicate SIM cards for people. Their business is busted by cops and they end up stealing a Gangster's(Mahesh Manjrekar) Mercedez before ramming it on a road divider.
Mahesh sends them both to Delhi to retreive money from Boman Irani who is a compulsive gambler. Boman looses lots of money in cricket betting.

Kunal, Cyrus, Soha & Boman decide to form a team and bet on a Indo-SA match in Delhi. They have to get information from Vinod Khanna who is a bookie fixing cricket matches.

Soha Ali Khan works for the hotel where Kunal and Cyrus stay. Soha Ali Khan is definitely wasted in a totally insignificant role. Soha plays Kunal's love interest in the film.

The movie is really funny in parts especially when Amit Mistry the bookie agent speaks english. Boman Irani is the lone actor who holds the movie together.

After all the cop chase and the controversial Indo-SA cricket match the movie ends. Too many characters in the movie who dont add much value to its script. Example Simone Singh who comes as Boman Irani's helpless seperated wife.

I would only recommend this movie, if you are looking for a few laughs and forget about it completely when you reach home.

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