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Apart from being a controversial movie in India<ref>{{cite news |title = Controversy over 'Dam 999' movie | publisher = Times of India | date = November 23, 2011 | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/Controversy-over-Dam-999-movie/videoshow/10846946.cms}}</ref> with respect to its theme<ref>{{cite news |title = Tamil Nadu cinema owners not to screen 'Dam 999' | publisher = Times of India | date = November 23, 2011 | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-23/india/30433142_1_mullaperiyar-dam-new-dam-release}}</ref>,the Screenplay of the movie was added to the permanent core collection in Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences before its release in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title = Dam999 screenplay added to Oscar's Library | publisher = Times of India | date = November 2, 2011 | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-02/news-interviews/30355528_1_dam999-first-indian-film-release }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Dam 999 goes to the Oscar library | publisher = Rediff.com | date = November 3, 2011 | url = http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/dam-999-goes-to-oscar-library/20111103.htm }}</ref>.
Apart from being a controversial movie in India<ref>{{cite news |title = Controversy over 'Dam 999' movie | publisher = Times of India | date = November 23, 2011 | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/Controversy-over-Dam-999-movie/videoshow/10846946.cms}}</ref> with respect to its theme<ref>{{cite news |title = Tamil Nadu cinema owners not to screen 'Dam 999' | publisher = Times of India | date = November 23, 2011 | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-23/india/30433142_1_mullaperiyar-dam-new-dam-release}}</ref>,the Screenplay of the movie was added to the permanent core collection in Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences before its release in 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title = Dam999 screenplay added to Oscar's Library | publisher = Times of India | date = November 2, 2011 | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-02/news-interviews/30355528_1_dam999-first-indian-film-release }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title = Dam 999 goes to the Oscar library | publisher = Rediff.com | date = November 3, 2011 | url = http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/dam-999-goes-to-oscar-library/20111103.htm }}</ref>.


==Plot<ref>{{cite web|title = Dam 999 Website | publisher = BizTV Network | url = http://www.damthemovie.com/}}</ref>==
==Plot<ref>{{cite web|title = Dam 999 Website | publisher = BizTV Network | url = http://www.damthemovie.com/}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|title=Dam 999|url=http://www.moviezadda.com/dam-999-review-its-dam-med-disaster.html|work=Movie Adda.com}}</ref>==



A corrupt mayor builds a new dam for political gains and personal glory endangering millions of innocent lives; A mariner desperate to save his sister from evil; Two not-so-young lovers challenging destiny in a bid to unite; A woman on a mission to win her family back; A little boy battling a deadly disease; A devoted wife wants to be with her husband even in death; And the astrologer who has foreseen their ominous fate - Nine lives entwined by the impending disaster. Take the journey of a lifetime - Nine characters, Nine moods and a crumbling dam of emotions... DAM999 - experience it in 3D!
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 South India, with his son Sam (Jineeth Rath) to meet his father Shankaran ([[Rajit Kapur]]). Shankaran is a village doctor or 'Vaid' 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.


==Cast==
==Cast==

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Dam 999
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySohan Roy
Written byRob Tobin
Sohan Roy
Produced byBizTV Network
StarringAshish Vidyarthi
Joshua Fredric Smith
Rajit Kapur
Vinay Rai
Vimala Raman
Linda Arsenio
CinematographyAjayan Vincent
Edited bySuresh Pai
Music byOuseppachan
Production
company
BizTV Network
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • November 25, 2011 (2011-11-25)
CountriesTemplate:Film India
Template:Film UAE
LanguageEnglish
Malayalam
Hindi
Tamil
Telugu[1]

Dam 999 is a 2011 English 3-D UAE-Indian co-production film produced by BizTV Network, UAE[2] and directed by Sohan Roy. The film is based on the award winning short documentary DAMs - The Lethal Water Bombs.[3] 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.[4] 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 Ayurveda as well as lost love against the backdrop of the story of a dilapidated colonial dam.[5][6]

Apart from being a controversial movie in India[7] with respect to its theme[8],the Screenplay of the movie was added to the permanent core collection in Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences before its release in 2011.[9][10].

Plot[11] [12]

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 South India, with his son Sam (Jineeth Rath) to meet his father Shankaran (Rajit Kapur). Shankaran is a village doctor or 'Vaid' 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.

Cast

Production

Development

Dam999 is the result of inspiration of many real-life incidents. The movie is a tribute to the 250,000 people who lost their lives in the 1975 Banqiao Dam disaster in China.[13]As per producer-director Sohan. “The central character of the story is this dam and the life of a few mariners living near it. There are nine characters in the movie, representing the Navarasas. I believe that every individual is born with a sthayi bhava, but when his suppressed feelings burst, like a dam, it changes,” [14]

Casting

The cast includes acclaimed Indian actor Ashish Vidyarthi. Veteran Malayalam actor Thilakan was originally cast to do an important role in the film.[15] He was replaced later, following a notice from Film Employees Federation of Kerala (FEFKA) stating that if Thilakan acted in the film, the association would boycott it. Sohan said they were forced to seek for a substitute for Thilakan when it came to a point that shooting might be disrupted.[16] Eventually, Rajit Kapur was cast instead of Thilakan.[17] There were reports that Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) also had intervened in Thilakan's replacement.[17] In a related development, Thilakan and his supporters had a march towards the shooting location of the film at Alappuzha.[18]

Filming

Dam999 started its shooting at Alleppey, Kerala.[19] A number of unexpected hurdles were faced by the crew while shooting the movie. Veteran malayalam actor Thilakan, who was supposed to be a part of Dam 999, was made to drop out of the project due to his battle with AMMA. However the problem was solved by replacing Thilakan with Bollywood Actor Rajit Kapoor. Thilakan was paid seven lakhs as compensation.[20][21][22] While the prior issue was still simmering, another lead character from India walked out due to disputes with the crew, while the shoot was in progress, bringing the movie to a halt.[23] The star cast of the movie was immediately altered and the initial sequences in Kerala was completed as planned.[24][25] From various exotic locations such as Ooty in India, the shoot of the movie progressed to Fujairah, UAE, where Dam 999 has captured a couple of its sequences on an oil tanker. The climax of the movie was compiled in an expensive set in Ramoji film city in Hyderabad, built by the Art Director Padmashree Thotta Tharani.[26][27][28] While in the stage of post production the movie grabbed the attention of the world owing to its story and title. Debates around the world regarding the ever existing fear of outdated dams have started to spring up. DAM 999 has 16 national and international award-winning cast and crew. It includes Suresh Pai: One among the top lead editors in bollyowood who won National Awards two times, Thotta Tharani : He has won National Film Award for art direction three times, Shajith Koyeri: A national award and film fare award winner in 2006, Pattanam Rasheed, S.B. Satheesh and V.Srinivas Murali Mohan. [29] Award winning film maker James Cameron intends to make a movie based on displacement of indigenous people due to construction of dams; this movie is expected after DAM999.

Distribution

Warner Bros.released DAM999 in India in both 2D and 3D on 25th of November 2011. The title would also have a worldwide release in prominent countries simultaneously.

Novel

DAM999 – The Novel is published by Indra Publishing House and was made available in the market before the release of the movie.Unexpected huge demands rose for the novel[30], this is penned by director Sohan Roy & co-written by Naufal Ashraf and soon will be offered to the readers by the publisher.Indra Publishing House (IPH) is a publication house which provides a path to the fresh talent as well as existing authors. They have a wide distribution network across the nation and it covers all major cities of India.[31]

Controversies

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) complained that the film is based on the Mullaperiyar Dam dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala.[32] The DMK party chief M. Karunanidhi urged the Tamil Nadu chief minister J.Jayalalitha to ban the movie considering "people's safety" .[33] A day before its scheduled release on 25 November, the film was banned by the State Government of Tamil Nadu on the grounds that the release would disturb the cordial relations between Tamil Nadu and Kerala.[34]

Challenging the Tamil Nadu government's ban on screening of his film Dam 999 in the State, Producer-director Sohan Roy, on 30th November 2011, moved to the Supreme Court with writ petition, questioning the subjective satisfaction of the Chief Minister (on whose directions the impugned November 24 order was passed), arrived on “narrow political objectives.” He said the order had no constitutional, much less legal, basis.

He said the State suspended the screening of the Hollywood movie without hearing him or affording him an opportunity for clarification. The “arbitrary, unilateral and unjustified act” violated his fundamental right to freedom guaranteed under Article 19(1) (a).

Nowhere did the film say it was about the Mullaperiyar dam. Even an indirect mention of a water-sharing contract between two neighbouring States was deleted as per the request of the censor board.

Explaining the contents of the film, he said it “spreads the message about the consequences of dam disasters around the world.”[35]

In response to this on 08th December 2011, the Supreme Court asked the Tamil Nadu government to hear the objections of Sohan Roy on December 12 and pass appropriate orders by December 16.[36]

Recognitions

Three of the soundtracks 'Dakkanaga Dugu',' DAM999 Theme song' and 'Mujhe Chodke' were officially selected for 84th Academy Awards.[37][38] The music was composed Ouseppachan and the lyrics were penned by Sohan Roy. DAM999 was selected for Best Picture[39] apart from being selected for best Original score also for 84th Academy Awards[40][41]


Representation in events

BizTV network, the production house of Dam 999, represented the title in numerous film festivals and film markets such as Marche Du Film 2011,[42] Hong Kong Filmart 2011, European Film Market 2011,[43] American Film Market 2010[44] and Dubai International Film Festival 2010.[45]

Reception

Dam 999 released nationwide in 550 theaters of India and also in the Middle east. The film opened to generally mixed reviews. [46]

Soundtrack

The soundtracks for DAM999 was penned by Sohan Roy and composed by Ouseppachan[47]. The movie totally comprised 9 multilingual soundtracks out of which 5 are in English, 2 are in Hindi, 2 are in Malayalam. The music of DAM999 was officially released at a grand event presided by A. R. Rahman where Ouesphachan, the music director of the movie handed the first copy to the maestro[48].Apart from the launch at Chennai DAM999 music was also launched at multiple other locations including Middle East and Southern Part of India[49].

Three of the soundtracks 'Dakkanaga Dugu',' DAM999 Theme song' and 'Mujhe Chodke' were categorized eligible & selected for 84th Academy Awards[50][51].

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Mujhe Chodke"Hariharan, Shreya Goshal5:46
2."Dam999 Theme Song"Suchith Suresan, Suvi Suresh, Ouseppachan4:49
3."Dakkanaga"Shakti Shree, Suchith Suresan, Ouseppachan4:53
4."Thottaduthu Nee"P. Jayachandran, K. S. Chithra4:39
5."Omanathingal"K. S. Chithra2:32
6."Everyday"Shakti Shree, Ouseppachan4:26
7."O My Queen"Franco4:12
8."I walk away"Nivedya, Nirmalya4:21
9."Baat Hai Kya"Niran Kootingal5:16

See also

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