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  • Saint Dracula to travel to European Film Market

    Saint Dracula to travel to European Film Market

    MUMBAI: BizTV network is gearing itself to present and promote its first ever 3D Dracula film, Saint Dracula, at the European Film Market (EFM), a part of the Berlin Film Festival.

    The entire project is designed by executive producer Sohan Roy, who had produced and directed DAM 999.

    “Unlike Bram Stroker‘s Dracula, which sends a chill through the spine, Saint Dracula portrays a different dimension of the vampire, who holds a hero figure in the nation of Romania and is christened as a saint in the Orthodox congregation of the nation,” averred Roy, while describing his film.

    The film‘s plot is set in the 20th century with Dracula falling in love with a nun who is apparently being used by the Catholic Church to conspire against the vampire.

    While Mitch Powell plays the vampire, others in the cast include Patricia Duarte, Daniel Shayler, Suzanne Roche, Anna Burkholder and Lawrence Larkin. Co-produced by Prabhiraj, the film has been written and directed by Malayalam director Rupesh Paul.

    The film is slated for release in December.

  • Script of DAM999 in Oscar library

    Script of DAM999 in Oscar library

    MUMBAI: The script of DAM999 – the forthcoming film from BizTV Network – has been officially selected to be placed amidst others in the Academy‘s Library.

    Though many screenplays of films from India have already made their presence felt in the Library including films like Lagaan after their release, DAM999 is the first to enter the Library even before its theatrical release anywhere around the globe.

    The Library of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has added the screenplay of the film as part of its Permanent Core Collection, which is accessible to students, filmmakers, writers, actors and others from the field of cinema, for the purpose of research. 

    DAM999 is about a corrupt mayor who builds a new dam for political gains and personal glory endangering millions of innocent lives; a mariner desperate to save his sister from evil; two not-so-young lovers challenging destiny in a bid to unite; a woman on a mission to win her family back; a little boy battling a deadly disease; a devoted wife wants to be with her husband even in death; and the astrologer who has foreseen their ominous fate – nine lives entwined by the impending disaster.

    DAM999, a film with a social cause describes the hazards dams can cause to mankind, creates awareness among the masses about the impending dangers of a dam collapse if not attended on time.
     

  • DAM 999 to release in 3D on 25 November

    DAM 999 to release in 3D on 25 November

    MUMBAI: UAE-based BizTV Network‘s upcoming film DAM 999 is slated for a nationwide release in India on 25 November.

    This is the first international film produced and directed by mariner Sohan Roy, who formed BizTV network.

    Shot in a single start-to-end schedule DAM 999 is a film with a social cause that describes the hazards dams can cause and creates awareness among the masses about the impending dangers of a dam collapse, if not attended on time. It is based on real life incidents bringing to life the memories of 1975 Banqiao Dam disaster in China which claimed the lives of an estimated 250,000 people.

    DAM 999 is all about a corrupt mayor who builds a new dam for political gains and personal glory endangering millions of innocent lives; a mariner desperate to save his sister from evil; two not-so-young lovers challenging destiny in a bid to unite; a woman on a mission to win her family back; a little boy battling a deadly disease; a devoted wife wants to be with her husband even in death; and the astrologer who has foreseen their ominous fate – nine lives entwined by the impending disaster.

    The film has 16 national and international award winning cast and crew who have contributed towards the making. The film has seasoned artistes like Rajit Kapur, Joshua Fredric Smith, Linda Arsenio, Jaala Pickering, Ashish Vidyarthi, Vinay Rai, Vimala Raman, Megha Burman, Gary Richardson and Jineet Rath among others.

    The film will be released in three regional languages – Hindi, Tamil and Telugu along with English.