Ammammagarillu

Ammammagarillu
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Sundar Surya
Written by	Sundar Surya
Produced by	Rajesh
Starring	Naga Shaurya Shamili
Cinematography	Rasool Ellore
Edited by	J. P.
Music by	Kalyan Koduri
Production company	Swajith Movies
Release date	25 May 2018 (2018-05-25)
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Ammammagarillu (transl. Maternal grandmother's home) is a 2018 Telugu comedy drama film directed by Sundar Surya. The film stars Naga Shaurya and Shamili with Sumithra as the grandmother (ammamma).

Plot

20 years ago the family of Ravi Babu (Rao Ramesh) and his brother in law (Suman) split. Santosh (Naga Shaurya), the son of Suman who loves his Ammamma Seetha Maha Lakshmi (Sumithra) very much, makes it his personal mission to bring the family closer in 20 days. At the same time, Seetha Maha Lakshmi decides to distribute her property, and invites all the family members to her village.

Cast

• Naga Shaurya as Santhosh
• Shamili as Sita, Santhosh's maradalu (cousin)
• Sumithra as Sita Mahalakshmi, Santosh's ammamma (grandmother)
• Rao Ramesh as P.K. Babu Rao, Santhosh's uncle
• Chalapathi Rao as Santhosh's grandfather
• Sudha
• Posani Krishna Murali as Yadagiri
• Hema
• Ravi Prakash as Ravi, Santhosh's uncle
• Sivaji Raja
• Madhumani
• Gautam Raju
• Shakalaka Shankar as Santhosh's friend
• Suman as Santhosh's father

Production

The film was shot at Ramoji Film City.[1]

Soundtrack

Ammammagarillu
Soundtrack album by Kalyan Koduri
Released	2018
Recorded	2018
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	29:53
Label	Aditya Music
Producer	Kalyan Koduri
Kalyan Koduri chronology
Jyo Achyutananda (2016) Ammammagarillu (2018) Lakshmi's NTR (2019)

All music is composed by Kalyana Ramana[2]

Track list[2]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Chala Chala"	Bhaskarabhatla	Kalyana Ramana, Geetha Madhuri	4:11
2.	"Ammammagarillu"	Sirivennela Seetharama Sastry	S. P. Balasubrahmanyam	4:15
Total length:				8:26

Release and reception

The Times of India gave the film two and a half stars out of five and wrote: "Go watch this one this weekend if you cherished the memories you made at ammamma’s home during the summers. But if real life holds enough family politics for you, give this one a cold hard miss".[3] The Hindu noted that "With lazy acting by everybody and poor story development, there is no high point in the film and not a single scene that makes for a compelling watch".[4]

In 2019, the film was dubbed into Hindi as Naani Maa. The Hindi version saw a positive response as the film reached 11 million views in two days and was ranked number two on trending.[5]

Home media

The film is available on Sun NXT platform and broadcasting rights acquired by Gemini TV.

See also

• Sathamanam Bhavati
• Prati Roju Pandage

References

1. Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (8 March 2018). "Sunder Surya on his directorial 'Ammamma gari Illu'". The Hindu.
2. "Ammammagarillu". Spotify. 6 May 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
3. Nyayapati, Neeshita (25 May 2018). "Ammammagarillu Movie Review {2.5/5}". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
4. Chowdhary, Y. Sunita (25 May 2018). "'Ammammagari Illu' review: It's all about loving your family". The Hindu.
5. Nyayapati, Neeshita (27 February 2019). "Hindi version of Naga Shaurya and Shamili's 'Ammammagarillu' trends at #2". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 July 2022.

External links

• Ammammagarillu at IMDb