Nimajjanam Explained

Nimajjanam
Director:B. S. Narayana
Producer:Prem Prakash
Story:manjeri s Eswaran
Starring:Sharada
Chakrapani
Bose Babu
M. V. Rama Rao
Dasharathi
Music:M. B. Sreenivasan
Cinematography:P. S. Nivas
Editing:B. Kuppuswamy
Distributor:Red Rose Art Films
Country:India
Language:Telugu

Nimajjanam (English title: The Immersion) is a 1979 Telugu film directed by B. S. Narayana, produced by Prem Prakash, starring Sharada and Chakrapani, with cinematography by P. S. Nivas. The film premiered at the 1980 International Film Festival of India.[1] The film was one of the Indian entries at the Warsaw-Poland Film festival held in June 1980.[2]

Plot

The story is about a Brahmin housewife who has to go to her in-laws house after her father-in-law dies. She and her husband take a bullock cart to immerse her father-in-law's ashes in holy water, which is the traditional Hindu custom Nimajjanam. During the journey, the cart driver starts to lust after her and eventually rapes her. Traumatized by the rape, she drowns herself in the holy water and the remorseful driver confesses his crime.

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archived copy . 22 September 2014 . 4 April 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150404021349/http://dff.nic.in/2011/indian_cinema_1980.pdf . dead .
  2. Web site: Archived copy . 22 September 2014 . 3 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232755/http://dff.nic.in/2011/IP1981.pdf . dead .
  3. Web site: నంది అవార్డు విజేతల పరంపర (1964–2008). A series of Nandi Award Winners (1964–2008). Information & Public Relations of Andhra Pradesh. 21 August 2020. (in Telugu)