Dam999

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Great effort... impressive for a debutant director

The movie tries to highlight the futurist issues with noble intentions. Hope the ply of the people who may be exposed to this disastrous sites.

Made in 2011 this Indian made film was widely hyped as being a 3 D disaster movie par excellence. It is all about a couple separated from loving each other due to having an inauspicious horoscope – I kid you not; if they snog the World falls off its axis type thing. This is against a background of a colonial throw backs' son who is actually played by an American. A one hundred year old colonial era dam is about to be replaced by a much larger Indian one. Only the usual money grubbing and political shenanigans has meant that corners have been cut. The characters run around being in and out of love with each other whilst we all wait for the monsoon rains to deliver the much promised for 'money shot' and that is the dam falling over. It is not a plot spoiler by the way as this is the films' whole raison d'être. We have sub plots to do with alternative medicine and spirituality – which I felt would have made a better film. The acting is not just wooden it is veneered in places, bad casting has added to this, there are also a number of frames where the 'actor' deliberately delivers their lines direct to camera. This may have been for the 3 D version but it is just stilted as is the ever too bright lighting that makes this look like it was all filmed during a super nova (which would have been the only real star in this entire production). The special effects are quite passé at best and at one time you want to shout 'it's a model', I mean this was bigged up for it great CGI etc and what we get is paltry and only for a few minutes of screen time. So not really a disaster film, disastrous some may say but not up there with any of the classics. I don't know why this won any awards, let alone so many including Best English language Film at Sangli Film Festival (possibly the only other entry was 'Debbie does Dallas - 3'?). I also don't know how I got to the end, I did fast forward a few times but this was the most unedifying film I have seen for a considerable while and would avoid everything by Director Sohan Roy from now on. The 10 out of 10 'reviews' for this on IMDb also seem to be from people associated with the film, but overall, as of today, it gets 3.7. I would give this a 3, so 2 stars is being generous. Only watch this if you are Sohan Roy as a form of punishment or you were in it – ostensibly for the same reason.

A must watch Movie ... film inarguably portrays a future disaster and warning the entire world !!!

DAM 999 is the movie by mariner with fortune reality. Last year Kerala flood is the Impact of our ignorance about the message given in the Movie. Thanks to the Movie writer and Director for thinking in advanced and shows the world about unmanaged condition of DAM.

First of all... .let me tell you.. If you are expecting visual effects like '2012', please don't watch this movie.. If you expect the thrill of a chaotic situation as like in,'Armageddon', don't watch this movie.. If you expect the tragics of a disaster situation as like in,'The day after tomorrow', don't go watch this movie... This is a movie apart from all those genres, which deals with a disaster situation in a different kind of way although that way fails to make a mark as the director/script writer would have expected it to be..... The main drawback of the movie is it's selection of cast for pivotal roles.... To be 1st,let's take the case of the protagonist of the movie(Vinay) whose acting is just terrible.. . He lacks expressions and the mere artificiality in his acting is clearly visible all through out the movie! The movie doesn't specify much about the dam although it depicts life of people around the dam in a rather interesting(?) way.. The cinematography is awesome as it cared to suck up every minute aspect about the scenic beauty of the locations... And when it comes to acting, The villain (Durai) is in a class above all others who are cast in the movie.. His acting is flawless and we can't demand more from him owing to the poor script... And when we're coming to the VFX part, it can be considered notable considering this is an Indian home production and no Hollywood biggies in VFX were roped in.. Two of the 4 main female characters did justice to their roles..namely Vimala Raman and Linda Arsenio.. Others' acting are just okay or below average.. The movie lacks intensity, where it's mostly in demand, in the dam bursting sequences... Also..the portrayal of death n it's after effects are like,they're of lesser importance in the movie.. Actually the real protagonist, the Dam, comes into play only in the 2nd half of the movie... We feel like whether it's the story of the dam or whether the dam disaster is just like a side-dish ,while the story is revolving around the lost love of the protagonist.... The movie can be rated an average one with a rating of 6/10, as far as I am concerned...:)

I had never watched such a movie, Hats-off, for giving us opportunity to watch such a movie.

When will these Film crew stop posting their own reviews says the film is great,it better than Titanic,It's original than beautiful mind,grafix beats 2012..and more Sh*t.It's just another borin movie?Turtle story,Awful grapics,and more over a disaster story with hardly less disaster in it.Unfortunately Sohan Roy puts too many sub plots that the main plot looks rather lost in the crowd.Unfortunately the movie was supposed to be about a dam disaster and we have come in for some stereoscopic graphic fun. Finally the Dam does break but is it a bit too late? Overall it's a lost cause. It's a disastrous disaster movie.

Movie title Dam leads all about it, but there a story of mixed feelings and phases of life.portrays human minds of lost love & a dam alike...Story showcases natural treatments of India, linked to the back ground of two's love,and a couples dream for child. A simple lifestyle story, but sometimes missing story continuity,even though, melodious music. interested because it gives message to all. Marine scenes, ship interiors are captured perfectly. main character always in blue mood and missing to smile to his son, that feel negative to us . movie ending with a never ending story. 2-3 characters performed well enough, but others simply did acted. camera coverage is almost good.