Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence

May 4, 2001

2h 10m

★ 3.7

A Victim of Marital Violence

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

National Film Development Corporation of India

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Cast

Durga Saikia

Raveena Tandon

Sanjay Saikia

Sayaji Shinde

Sunil Saikia

Sanjay Suri

Deepa Saikia

Raima Sen

Sailen Mahanta

Ranjan Koshal

Laxmi Goswami

Bharti Jaffrey

Kaushik Naath

Shaan

Surya Narayan Goswami

Nipon Goswami

Chameli

Kalpana Barua

Bisnu Prasad Saikia

Ishaan Barua

Mukut Saikia

Girija Das

Sardar

Indira Bania

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Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence

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