Shooting of the Film ‘DAM 999’ in Fujairah, UAE

Fujairah Location
The award-winning director, Sohan Roy, decided on Fujairah as one of his locations for shooting a portion of his forthcoming film, ‘DAM 999’. Update: See the trailer.

The main message centres on the consequences of a dam disaster that symbolises the psychological dam of human emotions. The film traces the emotional life of a mariner and the pressures on his family. The Fujairah segment involves scenes on a ship at Fujairah overlooking the Indian Ocean.

Film Info
The film’s official website gives information on the movie, the crew and it offers a photo gallery and a trailer to tease.

Film in the Making
The associated blog chronicles the making of the film, including the shooting in the hot Fujairah sun on the largest oil tanker that has ever been on screen and the pre-launch of DAM 999 in Dubai (8 May 2010), which included some Middle Eastern entertainment.

Fujairah Footage
Check out this 10 minute video on the filming in Fujairah:



More on Films in the UAE
City of Life Screening at Fujairah Cinema, Fujairah in Focus, 11 May 2010
The Dubai Film ‘City of Life’, Fujairah in Focus, 12 May 2010.

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Always Take the Weather with You in Fujairah

Temperature in Fujairah
Just after midday in Fujairah 15 May 2010 it was 32 degrees Celsius (according to Gulf News which added that the ‘RealFeel’ was 31 degrees).

Hang on a minute….

The Weather Underground service reported it was 43 degrees.

The BBC put it at 37 degrees (but it had been read two hours earlier at 10.00am)

AMEInfo said it was 42 degrees with an ‘apparent temp’ of 40 degrees.

Find Local Weather put it at 43 degrees.

What a discrepancy in these weather sites!

Where do you get your Fujairah weather details?

According to my reckoning, I’d go for the services that were reporting 43C.

Enjoy one of the best songs written about the weather:




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