There are several reasons why good ideas don't translate into good films; and 99 being one of those films 'with a germ', just fails to make the list for reasons known and unknown. What could have been an absorbing account of friendship, love and money-making, turns out to be a disappointment that offers the spectator empty promises.
There are two reasons why the average Hyderabadi might want to forgive this film, though. One, it concerns itself with match-fixing nostalgia at the height of the IPL craze, and two, it can be credited to the two Hyderabadi guys who made the crossover fi....