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...:)

Prologue: Watched this movie from 'Sridar'(theatre) in 3d today. As it was a movie by a keralite, & we are having a similar problem here in kerala , (Mullaperiyar Dam) the urge to watch the movie was very high. Read in newspapers that the script made to the Oscar library. So altogether, the expectations about this movie was high.

Story: Its all about the figure 999 which has got importance all along.Two mariners coming home. Both having their own personal problems.The director tried to connect the dam to the characters in the movie. Their emotions holding back like a Dam & finally dam breaks at the same time the emotions are also opened. I could understand the story of 'Inception' in one watch. But this was complicated. It fails to connect with the viewers.

Cast: Casting was like 'hmm.ok'. Thats it. Everybody did their part. But apart from the main actors, all others lacked professionalism. It was like they were made to act.You could feel, you are watching a movie.You couldn't live in it.

Music: There is no notable music to show up off in this movie. Background score was poor. Actually we have seen lot of movies, though being average, getting uplifted by the background score. The songs were not impressive.

Camera: Cinematography was good. But you don't notice it, since the movie is boring.

My Verdict: This movie is boring. Will make you feel like a loser. It fails to communicate with the viewers. Not at all recommended. Im gonna watch a good movie from my library & save my day. phew... 3/10.

The Title shouts DAM, the posters speak DAM, but where was the DAM in the movie. Except for 4-5 minutes of water breaking through the dam and gushing in to the nearby towns, rest of the movie is a troubled love story. I went with expectations to see good 3D effects, sometimes a movie may not be up to the mark, but special effects and 3D feel keeps you glued to the screen but not this one. Throughout the movie i can count and say there are only three instances where you feel that its a 3D movie; one when title appears "A Sohan Roy Film", two when the title appears " DAM 999" and three... (well find it for yourself, because now my conscience kills to write so badly about something). All in all the movie fails to reflect the tragedy, sorrow or helpless situation of the people which is very expected when such an event occurs, mostly because it spent all its time in portraying the tension between the two love birds who cant be together for astrological reasons, but the the director fails to even build up that emotional attachment and deliver it to the hearts of the viewers. In conclusion I would say you can watch the movie for the sake of it, but don't expect any hair raising scenes, "Spectacular 3D experience" (as the poster claims), better don't hope anything.