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Updated May 22nd, 2021 at 16:48 IST

99 Songs review: Netizens hail AR Rahman's movie as a must-watch for music lovers

The earliest audience reviews of AR Rahman's movie, 99 Songs, are out, and the film has opened to mostly positive reviews from the people.

Reported by: Vatsal Thakore
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AR Rahman’s first production venture, the film 99 Songs, recently released and opened to mostly positive reviews from the audience. A musical romance film, 99 Songs is directed by Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy, with the story written by him and AR Rahman, together. In their 99 Songs reviews, the audience has highly praised the film’s music and its visuals.

 

99 Songs revolves around the story of a young man, who goes on a musical journey to fulfill the challenge of composing 100 songs for his lover before he marries her. AR Rahman's movie marks the acting debut of Ehan Bhat and Edilsy Vargas, both of whom are playing lead roles in the film. 99 Songs also stars actors Aditya Seal, Lisa Ray, Manisha Koirala, Warina Hussain, and Remo Fernandes. As per the reviews, Edilsy Vargas and Ehan Bhat's debut performances have received praises from the audience.

99 Songs' Release

99 Songs was originally slated to release two years back, on World Music Day (21 June 2019), as was announced by AR Rahman. However, the release got delayed and in October 2019, the film got released at the Busan International Film Festival. After that, in India, 99 Songs could not get a theatrical release due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Later, AR Rahman decided for a direct OTT release of the film. On 21 May this year, 99 Songs finally released in India, on OTT platforms. The film is distributed by Jio Studios. Its online movie streaming platform, Jio Cinemas is streaming the film. Besides Jio Cinemas, Netflix is also streaming 99 Songs online in India. The film has been released in three languages, i.e. Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu. Its music album has a total of fourteen songs, which AR Rahman has composed, and all the songs have their own separate versions in the respective languages.

99 Songs Review from the Audience

The netizens have been giving mostly good reviews about the film. While most of them have praises for the film regarding its performances, music, cinematography, and the emotions that it conveyed, there have also been reviews where people found the film to be slow and not so impressive. Here are some of the audience’s reviews of the film, as posted by them on their Twitter.

Image Source: Ehan Bhat's Instagram

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Published May 22nd, 2021 at 16:48 IST

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