Amma Cheppindi

Amma Cheppindi
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gangaraju Gunnam
Produced by	Urmila Gunnam,Korrapati Sai
Written by	Gangaraju Gunnam
Starring	Sharwanand Shriya Reddy Pavan Malhotra Suhasini Gangadhar Panday Nagendra Babu
Music by	M. M. Keeravani
Cinematography	Sandeep Gunnam
Edited by	Mohan Rama Rao
Release date	28 July 2006
Country	India
Language	Telugu

Amma Cheppindi (English: Mother Said So) is a 2006 Tollywood drama film written, screenplay, dialogues and direction by Gangaraju Gunnam. Sharwanand, Shriya Reddy and Suhasini play important roles. Nagendra Babu, Pawan Malhotra, Tanikella Bharani, Suman and L. B. Sriram played the supporting cast. While M. M. Keeravani provided the background score for the film, cinematography was by Gunnam's son, Sandeep and editing by Mohan Rama Rao.

Bose (Sharwanand), a mentally underdeveloped youngster. His family includes his father, who is a scientist in a rocket center, his mother (Suhasini), who dotes on him and his academically bright brother. Bose is considered to be dumb in the residential township and he is looked down upon. When Inter-Services Intelligence plans to bomb the rocket center during a prominent event, Bose helps the township and the country with his heroic deed as his token of appreciation to his doting mother.

Gunnam's previous films Little Soldiers (1996), Aithe (2003) and Anukokunda Oka Roju (2005) could not garner much at the box-office. In an interview, he said that he "could not connect with larger section of audiences." However, he expressed optimism that the viewership has increased for his last two movies. While he produced the last two, his last directorial venture was Little Soldiers back in the nineties. This hiatus, according to him, was neither optional nor intentional but, it was either due to lack of funds or lack of offers to direct films. It was only after his friend who began a production house, Just Yellow Productions, he ventured into production.