Dam 999 Movie Reviews

Even before the film opens, controversy surrounds it with the ban in Tamil Nadu. The state has banned the film on the presumption that it would cause trouble with Kerala, the neighbouring state since they feel the story is based on the Mullaperiyar dam for which Tamil Nadu holds lease rights for 999 years. But seriously, the film is less about the dam and more about stuff you fail to comprehend. Like, a Raj remanent who shoots himself in his head, a marine engineer

At concept level, a film about dam-destruction brought about in the 3D format could sound exciting. But what starts as a film about colossal disaster, ends up being nothing more than a disastrous experience for the viewer who soon realizes he is in troubled waters. A dam's basic purpose is to stock water and perhaps the director's idea of making the viewer correlate with the water reservoir is by testing how much can they hold on to the film that has everything on show

Walking over a bridge, the Kerala couple in this film, ex-lovers, look towards a river embankment before them. "Do you remember this dam?" the hero asks. "They're like us, holding pressure!" Audience laughs. Here's why. The woman with a perpetually constipated expression on her face had been dating this hero since childhood. Their horoscopes didn't match, the stars foretold disaster if they continued being together. Once, I suppose in their teens, they'd held hands

There are films that are so bad that make you want to walk out during the interval. Well, this one’s not one of them. On the contrary, this is a film that you can, well, walk into post the interval, as it’s only after watching the last twenty minutes, that you are least likely to curse yourself for having spent the money on this 3D flick. If the annoying glasses you have to perch on your nose is not enough, you have a lost and confused hero, who manages to put you in the same state of mind

The Tamil Nadu government banned Dam 999, claiming that the film was about the contentious issue of Mullaperiyar dam and delivered a message in favour of Kerala. Kerala wants to build another dam at Mullaperiyar because the existing dam built by Tamil Nadu is over a hundred years old. The Tamil Nadu government is staunchly opposed to the proposal as it controls the dam now. There has been a lease agreement about the deal between Tamil Nadu and Kerala

Dam 999 review Biz rating: 0.5/5 star. What’s Good: Nothing. What’s Bad: The hackneyed & confusing script; bel...