Daman (2001 film)

Last updated

Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence
DamanRaveena.jpg
Movie poster
Directed by Kalpana Lajmi
Written byKalpana Lajmi
Produced by Hrishikesh Mukherjee
N. C. Sippy
Starring Raveena Tandon
Sayaji Shinde
Sanjay Suri
Raima Sen
Bharti Jaffrey
Shaan
CinematographyJatinder Sharma
Bijoice Verghese
Edited byAnirban
Music by Bhupen Hazarika
Maya Govind (Lyrics)
Distributed by National Film Development Corporation of India
Dept of Family Welfare (Government of India)
Release date
  • 4 May 2001 (2001-05-04)
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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 the Indian Government. It marked the debut of Bollywood singer Shaan, son of singer and composer Late Manas Mukherjee and younger brother of pop singer and actress Sagarika. [1]

Contents

Plot

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.

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.

Cast

Music

  1. "Gum Sum Nisha Aayi (Female)" - Kavita Krishnamurthy
  2. "Jai Bhagawathi" - Jaspinder Narula
  3. "Gum Sum Nisha Aayi" - Bhupen Hazarika
  4. "Hu Hu Pagal" - Kavita Krishnamurthy, Bhupen Hazarika
  5. "Sun Sun Goriya Kya Bole Teraa Kangana" - Alka Yagnik
  6. "Sar Sar Hawa, Jisne Badan Chhua Hai" - Hema Sardesai
  7. "Bahar Hi Bahar Hai, Fiza Me Bhi Khumar Hai" - Shaan, Dominique Cerejo

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raveena Tandon</span> Indian actress

Raveena Tandon is an Indian actress known for her work in Hindi films. She is a recipient of several awards, including a National Film Award, two Filmfare Awards and a Filmfare OTT Award. In 2023, she was awarded the Padma Shri, the fourth highest Indian civilian honour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kavita Krishnamurti</span> Indian singer

Sharada Krishnamurthy, popularly known as Kavita Krishnamurthy or Kavita Subramaniam, is an Indian playback and classical singer. She has recorded songs in various Indian languages including Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, Telugu, Odia, Marathi, English, Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Nepali, Assamese, Konkani, Punjabi and other languages. She is the recipient of four Filmfare Best Female Playback Singer Awards, and the Padmashri which she received in 2005. She was awarded a Doctorate for her contributions to Indian music by Bangalore-based Jain University in 2015. In 1999, she married noted violinist L. Subramaniam and resides in Bengaluru.

<i>Mohra</i> 1994 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film

Mohra (transl. Pawn) is a 1994 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film co-written, edited and directed by Rajiv Rai and produced by his father Gulshan Rai. It stars Naseeruddin Shah, Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty, Raveena Tandon, Raza Murad, Gulshan Grover, Paresh Rawal, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, and Kulbhushan Kharbanda. The film was also the first collaboration between the trio of Akshay Kumar, Sunil Shetty and Paresh Rawal, who went on to collaborate several times later on.

<i>Dil Vil Pyar Vyar</i> 2002 Indian film

Dil Vil Pyar Vyar is a 2002 Indian Hindi language romantic musical film featuring an ensemble cast led by R. Madhavan, Jimmy Shergill, and Sanjay Suri. The film was inspired by the songs of music composer R. D. Burman and won positive reviews upon release in October 2002.

"Ek Sur" or "Mile Sur Mera Tumhara" as it is better known, is an Indian song and accompanying video promoting national integration and unity in diversity.

<i>Saaz</i> (film) 1998 Indian film

Saaz is a 1998 Hindi movie produced and directed by Sai Paranjpye, starring Aruna Irani and Shabana Azmi in lead roles. The plot is allegedly based on the life of legendary singing sisters of Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kalpana Lajmi</span> Indian film director

Kalpana Lajmi (1954–2018) was an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter. Lajmi was an independent filmmaker working more on realistic, low-budget films, which are known in India as parallel cinema. Her films were often woman-oriented. She had been for a long time manager with Bhupen Hazarika. She was diagnosed with kidney cancer in 2017 and died on 23 September 2018 at the age of 64.

<i>Shool</i> 1999 Indian Hindi-language action crime film by Eeshwar Nivas

Shool (transl. Spike) is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language action crime film directed by Eeshwar Nivas. Written and produced by Ram Gopal Varma, it portrays the politician-criminal nexus and the criminalization of politics in Bihar and its effect on the life of an honest police officer. It stars Manoj Bajpayee as Inspector Samar Pratap Singh and Sayaji Shinde as the criminal-politician Bachhu Yadav, a character loosely based on politician turned criminal, Surajbhan Singh.

<i>Bulandi</i> (2000 film) 2000 Indian film

Bulandi is a 2000 Indian Hindi-language drama film. It is a remake of the Tamil movie Nattamai. Starring Anil Kapoor in double role, Rekha and Raveena Tandon in the lead roles with Rajinikanth appears in an important role, reprising his role from the Telugu film Pedarayudu. This is the last Hindi film appearance of Rajinikanth, who continued acting in only Tamil films. His subsequent Hindi films would only be dubbed versions of his Tamil films.

<i>Praan Jaye Par Shaan Na Jaye</i> 2003 Indian film

Praan Jaaye Par Shaan Na Jaaye is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language black comedy film directed by Sanjay Jha which depicts various aspects of chawl culture in Mumbai. It was inspired by the Malayalam film Vietnam Colony. This film was co-produced by Raj Lalchandani, Mahesh Manjrekar, Asoo Nihlani and Sagoon Wagh. The film stars Aman Verma and Rinke Khanna.

The 40th Filmfare Awards were held on 25 February 1995.

The 37th Filmfare Awards were held in 1992.

<i>Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain!</i> Indian Hindi sitcom television series

Bhabiji Ghar Par Hain! sometimes abbreviated as BGPH is an Indian Hindi sitcom that premiered on 2 March 2015 on And TV and is digitally available on ZEE5. The series is produced by Binaifer Kohli under the banner of Edit II Productions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Raveena Tandon filmography</span> Filmography

Raveena Tandon is an Indian actress known for her work in Hindi films. She made her acting debut in the 1991 action film Patthar Ke Phool, which earned her the Filmfare Award for New Face of the Year. This was followed by a series of unsuccessful films including Ek Hi Raasta (1993) and Parampara . In 1994, she appeared in eight Hindi films, most of them were commercial successes. Among these were two of the top-grossing films – the romantic musical drama Dilwale and the action drama Mohra. The success of the latter marked a turning point in her career, establishing Tandon as a leading actress in Hindi cinema. The same year, her performance in the drama Laadla, earned her a nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other film was the comedy Andaz Apna Apna, which though initially a box office disappointment, attained cult status over the years.

<i>Satta</i> (2003 film) 2003 Indian film

Satta (transl.Power) is a 2003 Indian Hindi-language political drama film co-written and directed by Madhur Bhandarkar. It stars Raveena Tandon in the lead role and Atul Kulkarni, Govind Namdev and Sameer Dharmadhikari appear in the supporting roles. The film narrates the story of a persecuted wife of a greedy politician who takes on his role after he lands up in jail because of murder charges. Released on 7 February 2003, Satta received critical acclaim upon release and is considered one of the best performances of Tandon. The film was released on the same day as Khushi, Baaz: A Bird in Danger and Kash Aap Hamare Hote.

Vijeta is a 1996 Bollywood action crime thriller film directed by K. Murali Mohana Rao and produced by Shree Ganesh Productions. Sanjay Dutt and Raveena Tandon played the lead roles with Paresh Rawal, Amrish Puri and Reema Lagoo in supporting characters. It was a remake of Telugu film Sathruvu (1990).

References

  1. "Singer Shaan is making his film debut in Kalpana Lajmi's Daman". India Today. 12 December 1999. Retrieved 16 October 2021.