99 Songs
U/A: Musical romance
Dir: Vishwesh Krishnamoorthy
Cast: Ehan Bhat, Edilsy Vargas
Rating: ***

No, there aren’t 99 songs over 128 minutes of 99 Songs! But on the face of it, it’s essentially a film wallpapered with a soundtrack, with a sort of a fable-like story in between, to take you from one track to another. 

AR Rahman has composed the songs of course, and along with background music, he’s sung, and produced this film, besides come up with the story! Which, already, to a ’90s music fan—like with Sachin Tendulkar (when he’s at work) for a cricket-buff from the same decade—makes it hard to remain absolutely objective after all. Not going to claim otherwise.