Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence is a 2001 Indian Bollywood film directed by Kalpana Lazmi released on May 4, 2001. The lead actress, Raveena Tandon, won the distinguished National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Durga Saikia. The film follows the story of a battered wife. The film was distributed by India's Government.
The Saikia family are extremely wealthy. The two sons of the family are Sanjay (Sayaji Shinde) and Sunil Saikia (...
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Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence is a 2001 Indian Bollywood film directed by Kalpana Lazmi released on May 4, 2001. The lead actress, Raveena Tandon, won the distinguished National Film Award for Best Actress for her role as Durga Saikia. The film follows the story of a battered wife. The film was distributed by India's Government.
The Saikia family are extremely wealthy. The two sons of the family are Sanjay (Sayaji Shinde) and Sunil Saikia (Sanjay Suri). The latter being the kinder of the two whilst the former is very hot-tempered and has occasional mood swings. The parents decide to get him married to Durga (Raveena Tandon), a lower caste girl from a poor family, thinking she will be able to cope with Sanjay's temper. Sanjay initially refuses to marry Durga, but when his mother threatens to cut him off from the family will he relents. Thus, Durga marries Sanjay and looks forward to her new life. From day one, Durga is subjected to physical and mental harm by her husband. To add...
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