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Genre
  
Drama

Language
  
Director
  
B. S. Narayana

Production
  
Red Rose Art Films

Country
  
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Release date
  
1979

Producer
  
Pattabhirama Reddy Tikkavarapu

Similar movies
  
Chakrapani (1954), Sharada appears in Nimajjanam and Thulabharam, Vinayaka Chaviti (1957), Sharada appears in Nimajjanam and Swayamvaram, Sankeertana (1987)

Nimajjanam (English title: The Immersion) is a 1979 Telugu film directed by B. S. Narayana, produced by Pattabhi Ramireddy, starring Sharada and Chakrapani and cinematography by P. S. Nivas. Sharada played the role of Brahmin housewife in this sentimental film. The film was premiered at the 1980 International Film Festival of India, the film was one of the Indian entries at the Warsaw-Poland Film festival held in June 1980.

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Plot

The story is about a Brahmin housewife who has to go to her in-laws house. Her Father-in-law dies. She and her husband take a bullock cart to immerse the ashes in a holy place which is the traditional Hindu custom Nimajjanam. During the journey Sharada's pallu falls down regularly revealing her feminine beauty and result is that the cart driver rapes her. She later drowns herself whilst washing her sins, and the remorseful driver confesses his crime.

Awards

  • National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu
  • Sharada won the National Film Award for Best Actress in 1979.
  • P. S. Nivas won Nandi award for the year 1979
  • References

    Nimajjanam Wikipedia
    Nimajjanam IMDb