''Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi'' () is a 2003 Indian

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-language

sports drama A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport (and the sp ...

film directed by

Puri Jagannadh Petla "Puri" Jagannadh (born 28 September 1966) is an Indian film director, screenwriter, and producer, who works primarily in the Telugu film Industry. He made his directorial debut with the Telugu film '' Badri'' starring Pawan Kalyan, Renu ...

. The film stars

Ravi Teja Bhupatiraju Ravi Shankar Raju (born 26 January 1968), known professionally as Ravi Teja, is an Indian film actor and producer who predominantly works in Telugu cinema. He is known for his roles in action comedy films. He is one of the highes ...

, Jayasudha,

Asin Thottumkal Asin Thottumkal (born 26 October 1985), known mononymously as Asin, is a former Indian actress who appeared predominantly in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She has received three Filmfare Awards. She be ...

(in her major

debut), and Prakash Raj, while

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, and Subbaraju play supporting roles. The film released on 19 April 2003. It was first remade in Odia as '' Katha Deithili Maa Ku , Then'' in Tamil as '' M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi'', in

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as ''

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'', and in Bhojpuri as ''Jigarwala''. It was commercially successful the box-office and was one of the biggest Telugu hits of 2003.

Plot

Chandu's (

) entire life is about his mother Lakshmi ( Jayasudha), a college lecturer. They together live in

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. When Chandu was a little boy, Lakshmi separated from her husband Raghuveer ( Prakash Raj). Chandu is a great kickboxer and is very passionate about it. He later meets Mugambigambal (

Asin Asin Thottumkal (born 26 October 1985), known mononymously as Asin, is a former Indian actress who appeared predominantly in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer. She has received three Filmfare Awards. She ...

) aka Chennai, a

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girl from

Chennai Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

, and starts to fall in love with her. Chandu's happy life is suddenly jolted when his mother dies of a heart attack. On her deathbed, she tells him to go to

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to meet Raghuveer, who is a kickboxing champion that won the championship six times in a row. Chandu goes to Visakhapatnam to meet him. When Chandu reaches Visakhapatnam, he meets his father but sees that he has another wife, Shalini (

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), and a daughter named Swapna. He sees that he is happily settled with them and gets angry. He also gets a job as a janitor and juice provider at his father's kickboxing academy. Anand ( Subbaraju) is Raghuveer's best student, and he is sure that Anand will win the championship. Unexpectedly, he sees that Mugaambigaambaal's family lives here and talks to her. Later, Chandu finds out that Anand makes Swapna pregnant and then abandons her. Anand also abandons Raghuveer by getting another master and other sponsors. Raghuveer is attacked by several of Anand's sponsors, and Chandu later beats them up, making Raghuveer find out that Chandu is a great kickboxer. Raghuveer also finds out that Chandu was also participating in the kickboxing championship. The rest of the story is how Raghuveer trains Chandu and wins the championship, how Chandu wins the heart of Mugaambigaambaal, and how he unites Swapna and Anand. After the fight, Chandu reveals he is half Tamilian and quarter Gujarati and Anglo Indian, much to Mugaambigaambaal's surprise when Chandu spoke Tamil, saying, "Shall we get married now?"

Cast

as Chandu * Jayasudha as Lakshmi *

as Mugambigambal aka Chennai * Prakash Raj as Raghuveer *

as Appala Raju * Subbaraju as Anand *

as Shalini * Dharmavarapu Subramanyam as Thyagaraj, Mugaambigaambaal's father *

Uma Parvati ( sa, पार्वती, ), Uma ( sa, उमा, ) or Gauri ( sa, गौरी, ) is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood. She is a physical representation of Mahadevi in ...

as Mugaambigaambal's sister * Harika as Mugaambigaambaal's friend *

M. S. Narayana M. S. Narayana (16 April 1951–23 January 2015) was an Indian actor and comedian who worked in Telugu cinema. He died on 23 January 2015 due to organ failure in Hyderabad, India. Career Narayana has over 750 films to his credit. His debut film ...

as Broker *

Prudhviraj Balireddy Prudhviraj (born August 6, 1964) is an Indian actor and politician who appears in Telugu films. Known for his comic roles, he has acted in over 100 films. He is noted for his dialogue of ''30 Years Industry'' in the 2002 film ''Khadga ...

as Police Officer *

Gautam Raju Gautam Raju is an Indian actor from Andhra Pradesh predominantly acted in Telugu films. He acted in more than 200 films. He got two Nandi Awards as a Best Male Comedian. He also received Rajababu award. Early and personal life Gautam Raju was ...

as Balaraju * Jogi Naidu as Thyagaraj's son * Jogi Krishnam Raju as Mugaambigaambaal's brother * Alphonsa as Appala Raju's love interest (special appearance) *

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as a man at the mall (cameo appearance) * Junior Relangi

Production

Initially

want to make this film with

Pawan Kalyan Pawan Kalyan (born Konidela Kalyan Babu; 2 September is an Indian actor, filmmaker, and politician. His films are predominantly in Telugu cinema. Kalyan is the younger brother of actor-ex.politician Chiranjeevi, and made his debut in the 1996 ...

with

Jyothika Jyothika Saravanan (; born 18 October 1978) is an Indian actress, model and film producer who predominantly appears in Tamil films.

as his pair in the lead, as both of them were busy in with their works. Both of them backed out and finally Puri Jagannadh chosen his friend Raviteja and

as the lead and hits the bulls eye.

Awards

;'' Filmfare Awards'' *

Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu The Filmfare Best Actress Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards South for Telugu films. The awards were extended to "Best Actress" in 1972. Film world, p 43 The year indicates the year of release o ...

–

Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Telugu The Telugu Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award is given by the ''Filmfare'' magazine as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Telugu films. The award was introduced and first given at the 50th Filmfare Awards South in 2002. Superlatives *' ...

– Jayasudha * Filmfare Award for Best Comedian – Telugu –

;''

Nandi Awards The Nandi Awards are the awards that recognise the excellence in Telugu cinema, Telugu theatre and Telugu television, and Lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. Presented annually by the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the award is named after ...

'' * Third Best Feature Film - Bronze —

* Best Character Actor – Prakash Raj * Best Dialogue Writer -

Songs

The audio launch was held at Viceroy Convention Hall, Viceroy Hotel on 7 April 2003. To suit the title, Poori Jagannath has invited 'Amma Nanna' (Mr. Venkat Rao & Mrs. Anjana) of Chiranjeevi to release the audio cassette. The song "Lunchkostava" is laced with Tamil lyrics for the female singer. The songs and background score was done by Chakri.

References

External links

* {{Puri Jagannadh 2000s sports drama films 2003 drama films 2003 films Films directed by Puri Jagannadh Films scored by Chakri 2000s Telugu-language films Indian boxing films Indian sports drama films Telugu films remade in other languages