Dam999

India's only hope at the Oscars this year, Sohan Roy's DAM 999 failed to secure a place in the final nomination list of the 84th Academy Awards.

The SC today issued notice to Tamil Nadu on a petition filed by Sohan Roy, producer of the controversial disaster film Dam 999, for lifting the ban.

Dam999, which triggered conflict between Kerala and Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar Dam, is gearing up to make it big at the Oscars.

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 ban on Hollywood film Dam 999 in Tamil Nadu is a "challenge" to creative persons, its director Sohan Roy said.

When Tamil Nadu banned Dam999, a Hollywood movie depicting the dangers posed by a dam in Banqiao, China, it re-energized a bitter rivalry in South India over the 116-year Mullaperiyar Dam. The movie's makers maintain that it is based on a 1975 disaster which killed 2.5 lakh people in Banqiao, but many in Tamil Nadu say it is based on a dam far near...

Parliament members from Kerala on Monday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in the Mullaperiyar dam controversy, saying the earthen dam was not safe and the state needed a new one. "All MPs from Kerala will be sitting on a fast in the parliament complex," Congress MP from the state PT Thomas said.

The Tamil Nadu government has banned Dam999 in the state. Dam999 is a Hollywood film depicting the dangers posed by the collapse of an old dam.

The screenplay of DAM999, a film about the 1975 Banqiao dam disaster, has found a place in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

India's only hope at the Oscars this year, Sohan Roy's DAM 999 failed to secure a place in the final nomination list of the 84th Academy Awards.

The SC today issued notice to Tamil Nadu on a petition filed by Sohan Roy, producer of the controversial disaster film Dam 999, for lifting the ban.

Dam999, which triggered conflict between Kerala and Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar Dam, is gearing up to make it big at the Oscars.

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 ban on Hollywood film Dam 999 in Tamil Nadu is a "challenge" to creative persons, its director Sohan Roy said.

When Tamil Nadu banned Dam999, a Hollywood movie depicting the dangers posed by a dam in Banqiao, China, it re-energized a bitter rivalry in South India over the 116-year Mullaperiyar Dam. The movie's makers maintain that it is based on a 1975 disaster which killed 2.5 lakh people in Banqiao, but many in Tamil Nadu say it is based on a dam far near...

Parliament members from Kerala on Monday demanded Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's intervention in the Mullaperiyar dam controversy, saying the earthen dam was not safe and the state needed a new one. "All MPs from Kerala will be sitting on a fast in the parliament complex," Congress MP from the state PT Thomas said.

The Tamil Nadu government has banned Dam999 in the state. Dam999 is a Hollywood film depicting the dangers posed by the collapse of an old dam.

The screenplay of DAM999, a film about the 1975 Banqiao dam disaster, has found a place in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.