SOHAN ROY AND DAM 999

SOHAN ROY AND DAM 999

Sohan Roy S K (born in Kerala, India in 1967) is a businessman who is active in film direction and literature. He is the CEO of the Aries Group, a consortium of firms based in Dubai, Sharjah, India and Singapore. He founded Aries Marine, the flagship of the group, in 1998 and has developed it to the largest ship design consultancy and survey firm in the Middle East. Within a short span of ten years it expanded to a group of ten establishments spreading operations from Marine consultancies and labs to media and film production. Sohan Roy is also a lyricst and actor.

Sohan Roy began his career with Marine Engineering in Merchant Navy. He worked as a  Marine Surveyir for six years in  United Arab Emirates. After serving with several major companies, Sohan Roy initiated Aries Marine. Aries Marine and Engineering Services is a multi-function company in West Asia with a market share of 70 per cent in consultancy, marine engineering, ultrasonic thickness gauging and non-destructive testing. It provides a range of technical consultancy and project management services to the maritime industry, offshore and shore-based, worldwide. Over the years, he has gained experience in the fields of Naval Architecture, Surveys and Non-Destructive Testing. The realization of the power of media was the driving force behind the formation of Marine BizTV solely dedicated to the marine industry. It was based on the fact that the maritime community needs a common platform to interact and broadcast their views and concerns. This new venture intends to develop and establish a maritime media and to be the single point of contact for all maritime activities.

The latest project of Sohan Roy is Dam 999, A movie. Sohan Roy intends to submit DAM 999 for Oscar Dam 999- A 3D conceptual movie directed by Sohan Roy in association with 16 National and International Award winners, is the first Hollywood movie project by the mariners. DAM999 is a tribute to the 1975 Banqiao Dam disaster in china that claimed 250,000 innocent lives. The story revolves around nine characters portraying Navarasas(nine variants of human emotions) and an outdated dam.The movie shares about the menace to nature and people caused by dams, one the gravest environmental issues making hot debates around the globe.The movie also claims to have the World's first 3D website for a movie. Sohan Roy felicitated with the honorary springs 2011 award

DAM999 Novel - The Novel is published by Indra Publishing House and will be soon made available in the market. This was penned by director Sohan Roy, intending to share the complete essence of the movie in more elaborate manner. The Novel will be offered to the readers in language English by the publisher

DAMs-THE Lethal  Water Bombs An Award winning thought provoking short documentary movie that gives a scientific explanation on the disastrous nature of the  Mullaperiyar Dam thereby bringing out those who turn a blind eye towards the reality of a possible natural disaster and sustaining the need for a secured future of those people who render sleepless nights under the uncertain situation of the Mullaperiyar dam. The Banqiao dam (492 million cubic metre) in China which has somewhat the same capacity of Mullaperiyar dam (443.23 million cubic metre), was destroyed by torrential rains in 1975 which claimed the lives of 2,50,000 people. The documentary is based on the possibility of a similar disaster that can happen in a place like Kerala and its dire consequences in the aftermath. It is estimated that 85% of all the large dams, numbering about 40,000 all over the world would have passed their projected life spans by 2020. As the total numbers of dams are increasing, the numbers of hazardous dams are also increasing at an alarming rate. Torrential rains, floods, earthquakes and landslides are the ones that can break the dam, and global warming has of late increased the incidence of untimely rains and floods. Despite been warned about the disaster caused by these dams, they are neither checked nor reconstructed. The documentary is a mirror that reflects the unspoken miseries of thousands of people who are under the terror of a possible dam collapse^.

Sohan Roy speaks about ‘Dam999' and why Mullaperiyar is a disaster waiting to happen

Uncertainty prevails over the release of Dam 999in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. The 3D film's director, Sohan Roy, was a mariner before he produced documentaries and Dam 999 is his first feature film. He had hoped for a pan-Indian and Middle East release this week, followed by a release in US and Europe in 2012. Dams are the biggest threat for mankind. By 2020 there will be around 4000 outdated large dams across the world. The biggest manmade disaster that occurred so far is the 1975 Banqiao dam disaster in China which claimed over 250,000 lives.

The worst possible manmade disaster is expected if Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala, which was built 116 years back during the British colonial days, breaks. The dam is in a critical state and the expected death toll would be 2.5million lives. Surprisingly, both Banqiao and Mullaperiyar are of the same capacity. In Dam 999, the story revolves around a dam like Mullaperiyar and Banqiao is used as reference. Mullaperiyar dam issue is due to a contract of 999 years between Kerala and Tamil Nadu to share its water. In Dam 999 we are trying to show such a dam with a contract of 999 years. At the same time, the movie is all about number 9. One ‘9' represents Navagrahas. We are trying to establish the navarasa concept through the ‘9' characters in the movie as their static emotions. Also the movie is all about a voyage through the ‘9' seas of lost love. 

                                                               Prof. John Kurakar