The Supreme Court Thursday declined the petition by Sohan Roy - the producer and director of film 'DAM 999'. ...
11:11 AM, Jan 25, 2013
Los Angeles: India's only hope at the Oscars this year, filmmaker Sohan Roy's "DAM 999" on Tuesday failed to secure a place in the final nomination list of the 84th Academy Awards. The movie stood a chance to feature in the best picture, best original song and best original score categories. The nominations were announced at the Sameul Goldwyn Theatre in Los Angeles. Roy's "DAM 999", a $10 million film,...
10:28 PM, Jan 24, 2012
Kochi: With the final Oscar nominations just a day away from being announced in Los Angeles, marine engineer-turned-filmmaker Sohan Roy, whose project 'DAM 999' stands a chance to feature in the list, has his fingers crossed Monday. The filmmaker hopes for the best, and believes destiny depends on Karma. "We have done our duties well to get it (the movie) qualified. I used to dream a lot about Oscar. Now...
12:22 PM, Jan 24, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu Government on a petition filed by Sohan Roy, producer of the movie 'Dam 999', seeking lifting of ban on the film in the state. The apex court directed the Tamil Nadu Government to file its reply within 10 days. It was in December that the Tamil Nadu Government had banned the film in the state saying...
12:30 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Chennai: Double Oscar-winning musician A R Rahman today said that his comments, lauding the music director of controversial film 'Dam 999' for being included in the longlist of the Academy awards, was being "twisted out of context". At a recent film function in Agra, Rahman had lauded the composer of the film, Ousepachan, as a "fellow music director", for being one among 97 composers whose works are up for a...
01:15 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Los Angeles: Indian film 'DAM 999' seems to be on a roll. After the film and three of its songs were shortlisted for a possible nomination for the 84th Academy Awards, Sohan Roy's film now also has a chance to get an Oscar nomination in the Original Score category. The list was announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on its official website. The film's music, composed...
07:30 PM, Dec 24, 2011
Agra: Oscar-winning Indian composer AR Rahman hopes Sohan Roy's 'DAM 999', which stands to win nominations in the Best Film and Best Original Song categories at the 84th Academy Awards, will bring laurels to the nation just as he did for his work in Danny Boyle's 'Slumdog Millionaire'. "It's very exciting and I want someone to join my league," Rahman told reporters here on the sidelines of the music launch...
12:28 PM, Dec 22, 2011
Mumbai: Mahek Chahal, will apparently be back into the reality show she was ousted from thanks to a wild card entry. Though Shonali Nagrani and Laxmi have also been roped in as possible wild card entrants, Mahek is the front-runner. A little birdie informs that all that buzz about her proximity to host Salman Khan has made it possible to get her back in the house. Now, let's see who...
11:05 AM, Dec 21, 2011
Kochi: Director of controversial film 'Dam 999' Sohan Roy on Saturday sought police protection from the Tamil Nadu government to attend a hearing on December 12 in Chennai in connection with the ban on his film in that state. Challenging the ban, Roy has filed a petition in the Supreme Court, which had directed that a personal hearing on the issue must be held on Dec 12 at the office...
06:45 PM, Dec 10, 2011
New Delhi: The director of the film 'Dam 999', which has been banned in Tamil Nadu for supposedly taking a pro-Kerala stand in the Mullaperiyar dam row, Wednesday said he had filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging the move. The film has been made with a 'global view' as dams have collapsed in Brazil, China and other countries and the ban by the Tamil Nadu government was unjustified,...
12:01 PM, Dec 01, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: A series of tremors since June and an explosive movie have again focussed attention on a dam in Kerala the state doesn't want but is critical for neighbouring Tamil Nadu. Kerala and Tamil Nadu have been at loggerheads over the Mullaperiyar dam, built under a 1886 pact between the then Maharaja of Travancore and the erstwhile British Raj. While the dam is located in Kerala, its waters serve Tamil...
10:43 AM, Nov 28, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Sohan Roy, director of controversial multilingual film DAM 999 that released throughout India but not in Tamil Nadu, is happy because the heat generated has given his venture a fillip. "The film has been released across the country, except in Tamil Nadu where it has been banned. The initial response from all the theatres is excellent and it is just because of the publicity it got," Roy told reporters...
01:20 PM, Nov 26, 2011
New Delhi: The Tamil Nadu government has banned the screening of the movie 'Dam 999' with immediate effect. The movie is based on the controversy surrounding the Mullaperiyar dam. Writer and Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor opposed the ban and said, "I have not seen the film but a dam cannot be a reason for banning a film. A ban is a bad idea in principal. A political controversy is no justification...
11:39 AM, Nov 24, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: As the row over the Mullaperiyar dam intensified, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday sought Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention asking him to advise Kerala government not to whip up fear among its people for political mileage. On Wednesday, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said a new dam has to be built - pointing to cracks in the structure after nearly 22 minor tremors. Chandy made another...
06:32 AM, Nov 24, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Theatre owners in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday said they will not screen 'Dam 999'. They claim they do not want to scare people. The movie, based on row between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over 116-year-old Mullaperiyar dam, is about what happens when the dam collapses. The movie is slated to release on November 25. DMK President M Karunanidhi on Wednesday came out against the release of 'Dam 999', a...
05:11 PM, Nov 23, 2011
Chennai: Two political parties in Tamil Nadu MDMK and PMK today demanded a ban on the release of Hollywood film 'Dam 999' in the country, saying it depicts the scenario of the collapse of century-old Mullaiperiyar Dam over which the state is locked in a row with Kerala. MDMK leader Vaiko, in a statement, said the film, financed by Keralites, starring Indian and Hollywood actors and directed by Sohan Roy...
05:12 PM, Nov 22, 2011
New Delhi: UAE-based BizTV Network's forthcoming movie, 'DAM 999' is slated for a nationwide 3D release in India on November 25th, 2011. Directed by Sohan Roy, this is the first international movie by mariners. Shot in a single start-to-end schedule 'DAM 999' is based on real life incidents bringing to life the memories of 1975 Banqiao Dam disaster in China which claimed the lives of an estimated 250,000 people. The...
07:18 PM, Oct 31, 2011
