IMDb rates 'DAM999' among top films

Kochi: Multilingual movie 'DAM999', the tale of a dam built during colonial rule cracking, has got a good rating from IMDB, the award winning movie website.

The $10-million film directed by Sohan Roy has received huge popularity on IMDb and is rated among the 5,000 best movies of the week worldwide at 737th, a press statement said.

At present, according to the IMDb ratings, Roy is the most popular Malayalam director of the week.

The 3D movie is an Indo-United Arab Emirates (UAE) conceptual epic, which is an emotional thriller that speaks about a century old dam built during the British colonial reign and the lives of nine individuals who witness the destruction of the dam.
Dam999 is based on the award winning short Documentary 'DAMs - The Lethal Water Bombs'.
'DAM999', directed by mariner Sohan Roy, is all set to hit the theatres Nov 14.
Billed as the first international movie by mariners, it is being distributed worldwide by Warner Bros.
It is a movie with a social cause which describes the hazards dams can cause and creates awareness among the masses about the impending dangers of a dam collapse.
To bring out the true essence of India, "DAM999" is also being released in regional languages like Tamil and Telugu.
The project, co-supported by BIZ TV Network and Aries Telecasting Pvt Ltd in the UAE, Singapore, and India respectively.
As many as 16 national and international award winners from nine different film industries, including Hollywood and Bollywood, have worked in the film.
The international crew has Eric Sherman as the project consultant, Rob Tobin as the script doctor and Uzma Xina Kang as the casting director.
The cast includes Ashish Vidyarthi, Rajit Kapur, Gary Richardson, Vinay Rai, Vimala Raman, Megha Burman, Joshua Fredric Smith, Jaala Pickering, Linda Arsenio and Jineet Rath.
Through the film the director said he wanted to convey the psychological stress every individual experiences by restricting one's feelings and desires.
This is the directing Debut of Sohan Roy , the mastermind behind Marine Biz TV - The World's first Global Maritime Television channel.
The screenplay of DAM999 is vetted by Hollywood veterans, Rob Tobin and Eric Sherman.
The movie is a revelation of various Indian age old myths and scientific facts which were and still considered superstitious.
For the first time, a movie showcases the beauty of the maritime world through the eyes of a mariner.
DAM999 is the effort of numerous national award winners and will be released very soon.
The story revolves around nine characters portraying nine variants of emotion (Navarasa) and an obsolete dam.
Each character holds a dam of emotions which eventually explodes along with the collapse of the mammoth edifice, replicating the worst man-made disaster witnessed in history.
DAM999 is a tribute to the 1975 Banqiao Dam disaster in china that claimed 250,000 innocent lives.
Like a pressure mounted dam, concealed emotions will explode at some point of time.
The director says words are not enough to convey the aftermaths of this outburst. The audience will relate to the symbolic representation of a dam across everyone's mind.
Dam999 is a story of nine characters and their emotions.

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$IMDb rates \'DAM999\' among top films$

There were allegations that the movie was funded by the Kerala government for political reasons.

'DAMM999' was released end of last month in 550 theatres across the country and got a huge boost on account of the ongoing dispute between Kerala and Tamil Nadu over the leaking Mullaperiyar Dam in Kerala.

Tamil Nadu banned the film,saying it portrays the collapse of the dam and this had hurt the sentiments of the Tamil community.

Also, there were allegations that the movie was funded by the Kerala government for political reasons.

Roy has now approached the apex court against the banning of his film by the Tamil Nadu government.

The film revolves around nine characters and their emotions which revolve around the central edifice of a dam.

Produced by Dubai-based BizTV Network, the movie with a social cause highlights hazards a dam can cause. It creates awareness about the impending dangers of a dam collapse, if not attended on time.

The unique subject motivated the audience to watch the movie and it was housefull in Kerala for a week.