''Ammu'' is a 2022 Indian

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film written and directed by Charukesh Sekar and produced by Stone Bench Films. The film features

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, and

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in primary roles and premiered on

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on 19 October 2022.

Plot

The story starts and fully take place in Maharanipalli, where Amudha alias Ammu (

) gets married to her neighbor Ravindranath alias Ravi (

), who works as a police inspector. The newlyweds seem to have a great life ahead as both love and support one another, but things take a turn when Ravi becomes harsh with Ammu, occasionally shouting at her and embarrassing her in front of his colleagues. The situation worsens when Ravi slaps Ammu for disrespecting his wishes about her parents, though it was not on purpose. Ammu, who is fed up with getting abused by Ravi, wants to end their relationship but cannot do so because of fear and embarrassment. Even though she takes contraceptive pills, she gets pregnant, which infuriates her even more. She seeks help from Ravi's colleague Satya (

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) and her neighbor Linny (Anjali Ameer), but that too is in vain when Ravi implicitly threatens Ammu as she plans to reveal the truth. As Ammu searches for a solution, Prabhu (

) comes to the Maharanipalli police station on parole to attend his sister Geetha's (Anusha Prabhu) wedding. However, Ravi harasses Prabhu, asking him to do unnecessary chores. Prabhu rebels one day, which leads to the cancellation of his parole. Ammu learns that Ravi will get into trouble if Prabhu misses any of his meetings at the station. So she, Sathya, Linny, and Iqbal (Prem Sagar) secretly hide him in Ammu's home from Ravi. This wreaks havoc on the police station and on Ravi's life. Later, because of this, Ravi gets suspended. Ammu and Prabhu both part ways after the incident. Ammu, who wanted to leave Ravi, finally gets the chance and keeps their baby (which she wanted to abort) and leaves Maharanipalli.

Cast

as Amudha 'Ammu' Ravindranath *

as CI S. Ravindranath 'Ravi' *

as Prabhu Das *

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as Kalpana, Ammu's mother *

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as Dileep, Ammu's father *Appaji Ambarisha Darbha as Ravi's father *Pramodhini as Ravi's mother *

as Constable Satya *Anjali Ameer as Linny *Prem Sagar as Iqbal *

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as the benevolent beggar in the bus station * Kancharapalem Raju as Ismail *Sanjay Swaroop as DIG Reddy *Guru Charan as SI Diwakar *Anusha Prabhu as Geetha *Sai Badram Dinesh as Geetha's fiancé *T. V. Raman as Prasad *Jammalamadugu Davood as Mansoor Ali Khan

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' wrote that "''Ammu'' is a film that can make many squirm with uneasiness, but it will definitely give a sense of hope and representation to others". A critic from ''

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'' said that "''Ammu'' will definitely be one of the most important films of this year. It takes a very relevant issue that has been a topic of discussion for a long time and gives it a very interesting spin with the way it chooses to end the film". A critic from ''

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'' opined that "Despite its poor third act, the writing of the first two is such that you might still find yourself searching for answers and closure. For invoking that in us, and for everything else it stands for, ''Ammu'' is a win".

References

External links

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