Although he has no projects in Tamil right now, Vinay seems to have caught the attention of international film makers. Vinay is cast in an English movie, titled Dam 999 produced in a UAE - Indian collaboration by a company called BizTV Network, UAE. Dam 999 is a 3D film and is in English.

Directed by Sohan Roy, the movie is scored by the noted Malayalam music director Ousephachan. An emotional thriller, Dam 999 is based on an award winning documentary called DAMs - The Lethal Water Bombs. The movie also has traces of the Banqiao dam disaster that happened in 1975 in China.

Touted to portray the nine human emotions based on the Indian concept of Navarasas, the movie has Indian and Hollywood actors playing alongside each other. Dam is extensively shot in Alleppey in Kerala and parts of it are shot in Ooty and UAE.

Cast includes Ashish Vidyarthi, Joshua Fredric Smith, Rajit Kapur, Vinay Rai, Vimala Raman, Linda Arsenio, Megha Burman, Jaala Pickering and Jineeth Rath. Interestingly, a book, based on the movie written by director Sohan Roy will be published alongside the movie's release.