No Bawl

Sachin (Khemu) and Zaramud (Broacha),are two small time crooks who make a living out of making and selling duplicate SIM cards. While trying to escape from the police,they end up using don AGM’s (Mahesh Manjrekar) car who vows revenge for his mangled car. Finally,the two end up working for AGM,helping him manage his accounts,collect money from defaulters. Soon,they are sent to track down Rahul (Boman Irani),an obsessive gambler in the guise of a clean IT professional. Their paths and destinies cross,setting them off in a mad scramble for money — and a lot of it.

The directors’ only achievement probably lies in fleshing out the quirks in each character – making them suitably weird,easily funny. Irani can sleepwalk through roles like this — being flawed and funny seems to run in his blood. Soha Ali Khan has nothing much to do — but what’s a film without some eye candy? Amit Tiwary and Mahesh Mahesh Majrekar keep the humour kicking throughout.

Though the film picks up its rolling pace post-interval,it’s the same half that seems to be fraught with all the loose ends.

All said and done,99 is quite a drizzle in the midst of a drought. It’s good-looking,satisfactorily funny,and has a sizeable (though tackily put) bit of cricket in it. So go,lap it up!