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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence<br />
| image = DamanRaveena.jpg<br />
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| caption = Movie poster<br />
| director = [[Kalpana Lajmi]]<br />
| producer = [[Hrishikesh Mukherjee]]<br />N. C. Sippy<br />
| writer = Kalpana Lajmi<br />
| narrator =<br />
| starring = [[Raveena Tandon]]<br />[[Sayaji Shinde]]<br />[[Sanjay Suri]]<br />[[Raima Sen]]<br />Bharti Jaffrey<br />[[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]]<br />
| music = [[Bhupen Hazarika]]<br /> Maya Govind (Lyrics)<br />
| cinematography = Jatinder Sharma<br />Bijoice Verghese<br />
| editing = Anirban<br />
| distributor = [[National Film Development Corporation of India]]<br /> Dept of Family Welfare ([[Government of India]])<br />
| released = {{Film date|2001|05|04|df=y}}<br />
| runtime = <br />
| country = India<br />
| language = Hindi<br />
| budget =<br />
| gross =<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence''''' is a 2001 Indian Hindi-language [[drama film]] directed by [[Kalpana Lajmi]] released on 4 May 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 [[Government of India|the Indian Government]]. It marked the debut of bollywood singer [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], son of singer and composer Late [[Manas Mukherjee]] and younger brother of pop singer and actress [[Sagarika]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Singer Shaan is making his film debut in Kalpana Lajmi's Daman|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/eyecatchers/story/19991220-singer-shaan-is-making-his-film-debut-in-kalpana-lajmis-daman-781329-1999-12-20|website=India Today|date=12 December 1999|access-date=16 October 2021}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The Saikia family are an extremely wealthy family in [[Assam]]. 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 insult to injury, he spends their wedding night with a sex worker called Chameli. Durga continues to be tortured by her husband and after a drunken night he rapes her.<br />
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Soon Durga is pregnant, but Sanjay is convinced the child is not his but Sunil's. Durga gives birth to a girl, named Deepa, but this only disappoints Sanjay and he shuns the child. Sanjay decides to get Deepa, now twelve years old, married to a much older man. When Durga protests, he viciously beats her. Durga's only companion Sunil is killed by Sanjay after he suspects that he and Durga were having an affair. Durga is devastated by Sunil's death and decides that enough is enough. She runs away with Deepa and decides to cut all ties with Sanjay. Sanjay files a police complaint but is unsuccessful in finding the two. Durga carries on with her life but it's not long before Sanjay finds the two. Eventually Durga kills her husband.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
*[[Raveena Tandon]] as Durga Saikia<br />
*[[Sayaji Shinde]] as Sanjay Saikia<br />
*[[Sanjay Suri]] as Sunil Saikia<br />
*[[Raima Sen]] as Deepa Saikia<br />
*[[Nipon Goswami]]<br />
*[[Bharti Jaffrey]]<br />
*[[Indra Bania]]<br />
*[[Moloya Goswami]]<br />
*[[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]] as Kaushik Nath<br />
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==Music==<br />
#"Gum Sum Nisha Aayi (Female)" - [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]]<br />
#"Jai Bhagawathi" - [[Jaspinder Narula]]<br />
#"Gum Sum Nisha Aayi" - [[Bhupen Hazarika]]<br />
#"Hu Hu Pagal" - [[Kavita Krishnamurthy]], [[Bhupen Hazarika]]<br />
#"Sun Sun Goriya Kya Bole Teraa Kangana" - [[Alka Yagnik]]<br />
#"Sar Sar Hawa, Jisne Badan Chhua Hai" - [[Hema Sardesai]]<br />
#"Bahar Hi Bahar Hai, Fiza Me Bhi Khumar Hai" - [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Dominique Cerejo]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0273164}}<br />
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[[Category:2001 films]]<br />
[[Category:2000s Hindi-language films]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Mumbai]]<br />
[[Category:Films featuring a Best Actress National Award-winning performance]]<br />
[[Category:Films about women in India]]<br />
[[Category:Films about domestic violence]]<br />
[[Category:Non-Assamese-language films with Assamese connection]]<br />
[[Category:Films scored by Bhupen Hazarika]]<br />
[[Category:Films directed by Kalpana Lajmi]]</div>Ajay Kumar