99 (2019 film)

99 is a 2019 Indian Kannada-language romance film directed by Preetham Gubbi and produced by Ramu. The film stars Ganesh and Bhavana in the lead roles. It is a remake of the 2018, Tamil film 96. The film was released on 1 May 2019 and got negative reviews from critics Recorded flop at box office.

Cast

 * Ganesh as Ram
 * Hemanth plays the younger version
 * Bhavana as Janu
 * Samikshaa plays the younger version

Production
99, a remake of the Tamil film 96 (2018), is directed by Preetham Gubbi, this being the first remake he directed. It is produced by Ramu of Ramufilms, and has cinematography by Santhosh Rai Pathaje. Principal photography began on 17 December 2018, and was expected to conclude by late January 2019. The title 99 was chosen because of Gubbi's friendship with Ganesh which began in 1999, when they were in college. Bhavana agreed to join the film because she knew that the combination of Gubbi and Ganesh would guarantee success. The first schedule of the film was shot in Puttur.

Soundtrack
The soundtrack is composed by Arjun Janya. This will be his 100th soundtrack. The audio rights were sold to Anand Audio for inr 5000000. The song "Heege Doora" was released as a single on 4 March 2019.

Release
The film was released on 1 May 2019.