Amma Cheppindi Telugu Movie
They say, ''God couldn't be everywhere that's why he created mothers''. And a genuinely affectionate mother's words are like sacred orders - commandments.
But can a child do anything if the mother asks' Can a loving mother ask her child to do something which normally even the worst mother wouldn't dream of asking' Amma Cheppindi holds the answer.
Amma Cheppindi is a touching tale of a child/young man, Bose (Sarvanand), whose mental growth has seized at the age of 7. He has the IQ of a seven year old and continues to study in grade 3 even though he is 21 years old. Bose's father (Pavan Malhotra) is a top scientist in a space research center. His younger brother is very brilliant and is poised to go to the USA. Bose is spurned by many for his idiocy, including his father. The only person who loves him unconditionally is his mother (Suhashini). She knows that he is a pure gem - uncomplicated and undefiled with the ways of the world. She opposes her husband's idea of institutionalizing Bose with lunatics. Bose is a gentle and harmless soul. He has a sense of humor and is an affable character for his straight forwardness. He is a good singer too and can memorize a lot of things (though he cannot put them to good use).
Bose can ride a bicycle and drive a car too but cannot pass 3rd grade. The principal of the school where Bose studies, advises his mother to take away Bose from the school and engage him in some gainful employment. So he starts working as an assistant in the kitchen and is given the responsibility of procuring ration from the city. Everybody in the space research colony knows Bose and his ways. So the security check for him at the gate is relaxed. That gives a chance to Naga Babu, an ISI hire, to plant bombs in the research center in collusion with a scientist and a security guard of the space center. Innocent Bose is used as the courier.
Sreya Reddy is an IB official who is assigned to look after the security of the space center under disguise. So she joins the school in the space center as a music teacher. She becomes a good friend of Bose for his simplicity and singing talent. Somehow the retarded boy fills the void in her life created by her departed parents. She gets close to him and even goes to dinner with him as his date.
Will their friendship blossom into love and take the shape of a full-fledged functional relationship' What happens to the ISI angle' Will they be able to blast the space center' What does the mother-son duo have to do with the bomb blasts' Watch the movie, you will know.
Sarvanand has done justice to the role of a retarded boy. He could have learnt a lesson or two from Kamal Hassan's method of acting and done better by infusing it to his role. Sreya Reddy is extremely gorgeous even in plain shirt and pants. She tries as much as possible to be tough as a cop and soft as a woman. And she does it marvelously, given the fact that it's a story of the male lead character.
Suhashini is as usual superb as a caring mother. Pavan Malhotra has done an excellent job in the limited role of a father. Suman and others too fit into their characters smoothly.
Gunnam Gangaraju adroitly crafts a poignant story of a retarded child. His dexterity is clearly discernible with the attention he pays to the details. Not a single shot is unwanted or illogical. There isn't even a whiff of ''typical filmy tone'' in the movie. Good photography by the debutant Gunnam Sandeep and music by Keeravani add value to the movie. The success saga of Gunnam Gangaraju continues with Amma Cheppindi.
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