99 - Review (dont miss this experience)

i saw 99... i don't know if u have heard about it...its a Hindi comedy movie. Starring Kunal Khemu, Cyrus Brocha, Soha Ali Khan, Mahesh Manjrekar and Boman Irani. Its a very refreshing movie, with some slice-of-life sense of humor. I really liked the film. If u have enjoyed watching Khosla Ka Ghosla and Bheja Fry, you would appreciate the beauty of this movie as well. There is so much untapped real life humor in and around our lives that most of bollywood has never used, for they have created their own damn world. Movies like this bring out that slice of daily funny culture that we all live, notice and associate so well when someone makes a movie around those. There are some writer/directors who have realised that the real humor lies in noticing those simple nuances that are unique and integral to our mixed culture, humility, unpreparedness to handle the west, selfishness etc. This new wave of Hindi "multiplex" movies remind me so much of the entertaining Malayalam cinema that i have grown up watching and wondering why don't Hindi cinema make movies like them. Though in that sense I would say there is miles to go before Hindi can match that kind of cinema. And thanks to the deteriorating Malayalam cinema quality, there will not be much of an inspiration left. But movies like 99 stand out, for their essence, detail, simple portrayal of characters, and reactions that play in your mind more than on the screen. I heard the most heartiest of laughs around me while watching this movie. What more can you ask post a stressed day at work. The tickets are cheap (being weekday) and the movie is, in one word - fun. I will give it a 4 star. And i can watch it again. Sadly, there is not much of a word going around about the movie's popularity, so i would presume our "cinema viewing system" will ensure that such efforts get discouraged enough to not be made as often. Sad. But i would do my bit on promoting it through this blog . Lets hope rest do it too.