Nimajjanam

Nimajjanam
Directed by	B. S. Narayana
Produced by	Prem Prakash Pattabhirama Reddy
Starring	Sharada Chakrapani Bose Babu M. V. Rama Rao Dasharathi
Music by	M. B. Srinivasan
Cinematography	P. S. Nivas
Edited by	B. kuppuswamy
Distributed by	Red Rose Art Films
Release date	1979
Country	India
Language	Telugu

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.

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.

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