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Director Krishna D.K & Raj Nidimoru's 3rd directorial venture 99 definitely comes as a breath of fresh air more so after the drought of any sensible hindi movie release since the awful multiplex/producer strike has started but how I wish the script was more tighter like that of their earlier movie 'Flavours' which was crisp and humorous and well timed.
Coming back to 99 the movie starts in the year 1999 when having mobile was more of a fad than necessity as incoming call in mobile used to cost money too and the buzz about match fixing in cricket was fast catching up with everyone.
The story revolves around Sachin(Kunal Khemu) & Zaramud(Cyrus Broacha) two conmen who makes duplicate sims for their livelihood and once police got the whiff of their dubious activity they were in a roller coaster ride which lasted til the curtains of the movie drew to an end...
All in all its a film that tells a pretty unique story in a refreshing style that is almost new to Indian cinema. It has plenty of good humor with some very smart ideas that make the entire ride highly entertaining. All the actors(Boman Irani,Soha Ali Khan and Mahesh Manjrekar) delivered a top notch performance so in totality definitely worth a watch.

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

The brilliant movie is set in Cincinnati at the height of the Great Depression, Kit Kittredge(Abigail Breslin), a resourceful young girl, helps her mother(Julia Ormond) run a boardinghouse after her father(Chris O Donnel) loses his job.
This story centers around Kit Kittredge, who grows up in the struggle years of the Great Depression.10 year old Kit lives in a boarding house her parents own in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kit has a passion for writing, & dreams of having something of hers put in the local paper someday and her grit and determination and hope and attitude of not giving up does shape her dream into reality and that is very very inspirational indeed.
Coming to other aspects of the movie the settings and clothing were accurate.There were other very interesting characters too in the movie like Joan Cusack playing the role of Moblie Librarian and Stanley Tucci playing the role of Magician.
This movie definitely emphasizes on the fact that what one sees is not always not true and the truth sometimes gets hidden with huge layers of lie and deceit and only us human beings could possibly do this.
What I loved about the movie is how people stood for each other in these testing times which is fast vanishing these days..Times are such these days that one finds the so called true and old friends deceiving at times not to forget own siblings as well following this path of cheat and deceit and nothing in life can be more painful than that...
The movie definitely is full of hope and teaches a many useful lessons of life like counting on the blessings we have and hoping for the best even in the toughest of times..
A definite must watch for all ages..

Matilda

Matilda is a wonderful fantasy movie giving the message of hope in its own nice magical way..simple yet brilliant.

The dialog is brilliant. The humor is both bold, and subtle. The characters are archetypal.

Matilda perfectly captures what it is like to be an intelligent person, trapped in the body of a child, and surrounded by idiots who control far too much of your life.

The notion that bad people (even adults) deserve to be punished for their evil ways (even by children) is truly subversive. Any child who suffered through the countless typical abuses of unthinking, uncaring, and ignorant parents will truly love this movie.

This movie also emphasizes on the fact that sometimes there's an extended which comes closer to you when your own family seems distant and unknown.

The story in brief - An unappreciated & neglected young girl (Mara Wilson) goes to school where hardships force her to discover extraordinary powers. With an extreme intelligence & a love of reading, she enters Crunchem Hall better educated than even the teachers. At the school she meets Miss Honey (Embeth Davidtz), a kind young teacher who encourages Matilda's interests & who tries to protect the children from Ms. Trunchbull (Pam Ferris), the cruel & sadistic principal. When Matilda discovers she has telekinetic powers, she develops them & uses them to exact revenge on Trunchbull & free the school from the tyranny of her rule (& her riding crop). Danny DeVito & Rhea Perlman play Matilda's parents.

Despite the difficulties Matilda faces she comes out as a true winner, like all good fantasies this movie has a wonderfully happy ending.

I loved every bit of this movie though a bit late which is after more than a decade of its release..but movies like Matilda can never ever go out of fashion they are evergreen to say so..