| Cast: |
Raveena
Tandon , Sayaji Shinde, Sanjay Suri, Raima Sen,
Shaan, Ranjan Koshal, Bharti Jaffrey, Nippon Goswami. |
| Director: |
Kalpana
Lajmi |
| Producer: |
Ministry
of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India |
DAMAN'
meaning domination is the journey of  Durga
who being a meek woman, is subjected to constant physical
and pshchological torture by her husband, Sanjay Saikia
- a rich tea plantation owner in Assam. Her spirit
is shattered when he rapes her one night. Her only
emotional anchor through all this is sunil Saikia,
her brother-in-law.
Durga
bears a daughter, Deepa, but Sanjay refuses to acknowledge
her, saying that he will only accept a son. With Sunil's
unspoken support and for the sake of her daughter Durga
is willing to endure all the pain and the humiliation.
She
is forced to  run
away from Sanjay, when despite her protests he wants
to marry off their daughter Deepa, who is just thirteen
years old. Her only support is snatched away from her
when Sanjay kills his own brother Sunil in a fit of
drunken rage accusing sunil of having an illicit relationship
with Durga, and that he is the father of Deepa. Durga
decides to leave home for the sake of her daughter.
Time
passes but Sanjay's greed finds them both when Deepa
is bequeathed all the property. He tries to kill Durga
and Deepa but Durga emerges as a raging lioness and
the immense strength of the goddess Durga help her to
resolve of not allowing her daughter to suffer the same
fate as her.
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