Overview
A young doctor faces incredible challenges in a remote region plagued by conflict and disease.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- earnest
- compassionate
- urgent
- inspirational viewing
- social issue film night
What critics said
Audiences and critics broadly respond to its sincere, emotionally powerful portrayal of a doctor confronting rural healthcare failures and delivering change through perseverance.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Dr. Siddharth works across 151 underserved villages with minimal facilities while confronting malaria and systemic neglect.
The protagonist’s posting reveals the absence of basic healthcare infrastructure in Malkangiri and forces sustained improvisation.
The film focuses on remote Odisha villages, endemic disease, Naxal-affected conditions, and doctor-patient relationships.
Dr. Siddharth’s medical work challenges both geographic isolation and the conditions that leave villagers without care.
Films like DAMaN, and why
The Good Doctor
shared medical mission drama, remote rural setting, and compassionate social realism
Something the Lord Made
shared inspirational healthcare narrative, institutional obstacles, and emotionally grounded realism
Erin Brockovich
shared true-life social reform focus, determined protagonist, and humanistic drama
Movie Details
- Directors
- Debi Prasad Lenka, Vishal Mourya
- Release Date
- 2022-11-04
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rating
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
Cast
- Babushaan Mohanty
- Dipanwit Dashmohapatra
- Manaswini Takri
- Sriharsa Purohit
- Ashok Tripathy
- Karan Kadam
- Damaru
- Abhay Behera
- Prasanna Kumar
- Sudam Bisoi
Common questions
- What is DAMaN about?
- A newly posted doctor battles disease, isolation, and systemic neglect to bring lifesaving healthcare to remote villages in Odisha.
- What is DAMaN like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of DAMaN as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is DAMaN violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in DAMaN as mild.
- What did critics think of DAMaN?
- Audiences and critics broadly respond to its sincere, emotionally powerful portrayal of a doctor confronting rural healthcare failures and delivering change through perseverance.
- Which films are like DAMaN?
- Films with a similar feel include The Good Doctor, Something the Lord Made, and Erin Brockovich.
- How long is DAMaN?
- DAMaN runs 121 minutes.
