DAM999
| Dam 999 | |
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| Directed by | Sohan Roy |
| Produced by | BizTV Network |
| Written by | Rob Tobin Sohan Roy |
| Starring |
Ashish Vidyarthi Joshua Fredric Smith Rajit Kapur Vinay Rai Vimala Raman Linda Arsenio |
| Music by | Ouseppachan |
| Cinematography | Ajayan Vincent |
| Edited by | Suresh Pai |
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BizTV Network
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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| Country | India United Arab Emirates |
| Language |
English Malayalam |
English
Dam 999 is a 2011 3-D science fiction disaster film. It is an English language UAE–Indian co-production film produced by BizTV Network, UAE and directed by Sohan Roy. The film is based on the award winning short documentary DAMs - The Lethal Water Bombs. and the Banqiao dam disaster of 1975 that claimed the lives of 250,000 people in China and anticipated calamity for outdated dams in the world. The film falls in the category of an emotional thriller. The ancient Indian concept of Navarasas, or the nine human emotions, are represented by an assortment of actors from India and Hollywood. The movie also portrays the concepts of kamasutra as well as lost love against the backdrop of the story of a dilapidated colonial dam.
Apart from being a controversial movie in India with respect to its theme, the Screenplay of the movie was added to the permanent core collection in Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences before its release in 2011.
The story encompasses around nine characters portraying nine variants of emotion (Navarasa) and an outdated dam.
The story starts with Vinay (Vinay Rai), who is a mariner and works in ships. One day he visits his native place, somewhere in Kerala, with his son Sam (Jineeth Rath) to meet his father Shankaran (Rajit Kapur). Shankaran is a village doctor or 'Vaidyan' and is also a master in astrology and the ancient sciences. Sam is a Diabetic and Vinay wanted to have him treated by his grandfather. Another story line is that of the orphan Meera (Vimala Raman), who has been staying with Shankaran since her childhood, treated as his own daughter and who helps him treat various patients. Vinay and Meera share a special bond and love each other. But when Shankaran studied their horoscopes, he learned that whenever they express their love towards each other, something terrible would happen. Learning this Meera sacrificed her love, and thus Vinay married Sandra (Linda Arsenio) who is a TV journalist. Now after a long time when Vinay returns home with his son, his special bond with Meera develops again with Meera reciprocating the feeling as well. On a parallel track, a corrupt Mayor - Durai (Ashish Vidyarthi)- is fighting an issue of an old dam in his area. Towards the end a leak is discovered inside the dam, and when a heavy storm and rains hit on the same day, a high alert is declared.
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