99 (I) (2019) User Reviews

Just a remake

[ramloveever · 6/10 · 8 June 2019]

Poor acting from the lead pair.. average music..and BGM... better to watch original...not even the 50% of the original 96

A movie introverts are going to highly realate to.

[ayushsdl · 7/10 · 8 April 2020]

This is a movie with which introverts will mostly relate to, although its not specifically that, extroverts may also like it. There is no vulagarity in the movie but just emotions. This is the remake of a south indian movie,( I dont know specifically because I dont follow south indian film industry that much) so some may say that they liked the original version more and since I have'nt watched that one so I did not have anything to compare with so I really liked this one. Watch this and you will definately feel for Ram and Janu. Both the actors did a good job and everything felt very realistic.

Good movie,nostalgic but...

[krtijk · 7/10 · 24 November 2019]

Throught the movie, the environment of the movie is very remenecent of both the year 1999's and the modern world of today. I liked the tone of the movie and the music but many aspects of the movie couldve been improved, especially the story area.

Go for tamil '96

[krrishnaaumessh · 26 October 2019]

Being a great lover of tamil movie '96 this movie disappointed ; trust me still if i hear any one song from the tamil movie it end up watching once again ; such a movie . Feel sorry to write a negative comment , if you are here to know about the movie ; watch it in tamil version with english subtitles or without . Its a movie for heart . Everlasting love of janu and life of ram . Please watch it in tamil .

A very slow paced, agonizing love film

[ConfusedRoulette · 6/10 · 10 June 2019]

The movie has a love story which is stretched over two and a half hours - An unmarried guy Ram (Golden Star Ganesh) meets his 1999 batch school love Janu (Bhavana) after 20 years at a school reunion and then he regrets on not expressing his love to her in the first place. The film revolves around a somewhat complicated love story where Ram hides his feelings within himself without unveiling it openly to Janu. The film also shows his state of mind as muddled and how he has lost his confidence to love someone else in his life as he's unable to forget her. The first half of the film is enchanting where their earlier school life in Theertahalli in Shivamogga is shown. The second half shows their present life and is quite a strain to watch. The actors Hemanth and Samikshaa who have played as younger Ram & Janu have performed brilliantly. Especially the cute and beautiful Samikshaa will steal your heart with her charming, sweet smile & acting. Ganesh & Bhavana have also delivered their performances very well. The cinematography by Santosh Rai is excellent and the music by Arjun Janya in this film which is his 100th one is quite good. Although there are some melodious tracks, they don't create much of an impact on the viewer. The film has a very slow pace and it drags at many places where silence & pauses are used with minimal dialogues. All in all you can watch this film if you have the patience to sit through a slow paced romantic film.

OMG

[dhruba-rgi · 10/10 · 26 October 2019]

One of the best movies I have ever seen .The film brought me back to my school days.

Worst acting

[shahalsv · 1/10 · 14 June 2019]

The original movie 96 is great with acting and casting overall. This goes to zero or negative in rating

Best movie ever and a must watch for all genre people

[sushilrana-15848 · 9/10 · 13 December 2019]

For the first time I watched a movie , which is full of emotion, friendship, entertainment and above all true and eternal love.

Falls short by more than 1 percent

[kiranrajgovind · 5/10 · 23 June 2019]

Not an avid kannada movie buff but stumbled on this movie thanks to Amazon Prime. Before watching I read up on the film and got to know it is a remake of another Tamil film titled 96. Since I had not seen the tamil film there was not reference point or benchmark. The premise of the film is very basic yet relatable and definitely had a lot of potential. A middle aged travel photographer meets his childhood girlfriend at a school reunion 20 years after they last saw each other. The girl has moved on and is married with a kid while the guy is still mourning over lost love. Stories about school life, friends, first crush will always have takers, we all love to go down that lane but strong characters make this journey memorable. This is precisely where 99 fails. Both the lead characters are very sketchy and does not connect as it should. What adds to the woes are some seriously mediocre performances and direction. Ganesh as Ram is a total misfit and unconvincing. Bhavana suffers mainly from a poorly written role and is not relateable. The actors playing younger version of the lead pair just about pass the muster while the supporting cast do their job well.

Music by Arjun Janya is average, the slow pace makes you feel that some of the songs are best skipped. Cinematography is nothing to write home about, direction could have been better so too the writing.

Overall not a great watch, 99 does fall short of expectations!

Loved the movie

[cweetgal · 9/10 · 16 July 2019]

I love the way this nostalgic story is portrayed in this movie. Its difficult for everyone to like it, some one with a similar story will relate to it more. Lovely acting by the lead actors, especially Bhavana. Fantastic dialogues , acting everything.

Worst movie the movie is too slow

[mebeingsalman · 4/10 · 6 April 2020]

Worst movie 2hours of torture.. full of boring u wil keep on forwarding the movie no proper dialogues no such emotional music

RIP

Heart touching one

[veereshsm · 10/10 · 25 August 2019]

That feeling when u lost some thing way back and u gets to know u lose it by very small clue.the kind of feeling is nicely delivered... Every single moment is well highlighted very precisely , here and there little shocks and surprises... timings, screen play is awesome....last seen so nicely taken that moment still going in my head.... Usually I do not write reviews but this move forced me to write...

Lead actors were so good.. Kannada industry going some ware that no one catch ...some were I am feeling proud too...

very good child love story and heroes embarrassed charector is to good and I remembered my school life thank u 99team and pritam gubbi sir.

[nagalingshetty · 10/10 · 16 June 2019]

A very good child love story and heroes embarrassed charector is to good and I remembered my school life thank u 99team and pritam gubbi sir.

Awesome movie

[marvinnoronha · 10/10 · 4 June 2021]

Most of the negative comments are just because this movie is a remake of a tamil movie 96. I haven't watched the movie '96', so i cannot compare it with this movie. But this movie is just awesome. Acting is also good.