Amma

Amma or AMMA may refer to:

Acronym

All Malaysia Malayalee Association

American Medical Marijuana Association

Association of Malayalam Movie Artists

People

Mata Amritanandamayi (born 1953), Indian spiritual leader, also known as "the hugging saint"

Jayalalithaa (born 1948), Tamil Nadu politician

Amma Sri Karunamayi (born 1958), Indian spiritual leader

Film

Amma (1949 film), a Sri Lankan film

Amma (1952 film), an Indian Malayalam film

Amma (1968 film), an Indian Kannada film

Amma (1976 film), an Indian Malayalam film directed by M. Krishnan Nair

Amma (1986 film), a 1986 Hindi-language Indian feature film

Amma Rajinama, a 1991 Indian Telugu film directed by Dasari Narayana Rao

Amma (2003 film), an Indian Hindi film

Amma (2015 film), an upcoming Indian film

Other

Amma, Iran, a village in Ilam Province, Iran

Amma, West Virginia,an unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia, United States

Amma (deity), the supreme creator according to the Dogon people of Mali

Amma ("grandmother"), the ancestress of the freemen in Norse mythology, see Rígsþula

Amma (1986 film)

Amma is a 1986 Hindi-language Indian feature film directed by Jiten and produced by B B Katra and Jiten himself, starring Mithun Chakraborty, Vijay Arora, Raakhee and Ashok Kumar

Plot

Amma is an emotional family film featuring Ashok Kumar and Raakhee in stellar roles.

Summary

Shanta and (Rakhi Gulzar) Prabin (Suresh Oberoi) was married. Nabin (Mithun Chakraborty) is Prabin's younger brother. On the day of marriage, the police raides the house, but did not get Nabin. The reason for Nabin's crime is not disclosed. Then Nabin meets Shanta in the bus, but the police attacks the bus and Nabin escapes again. Meantime, Prabin wins the case of their old ancestral property. Nabin meets family friend Suraj (Vijay Arora) and knows about Shanta's delivery of a boy. Prabin was murdered by his relative and the blame falls on Nabin. However Nabin later proves his innocence in front of everyone. Soon dejected Shanta with her children and father-in-law had to leave the city. They had a struggled living. Meantime Nabin gets caught by police for the murder of Prabin and sentenced to death. Suraj, who was also Shanta's childhood friend advises Shanta to make pickles and sell it to make money. Shanta follows his advice and starts the pickle factory. Now her father-in-law also passes away. Her son gets married, as well as daughter. Suraj also dies. Now Shanta makes a will and leaves home. Everyone searches for her, but unable to find her. Shanta's grandson Raju finds her in the station. Everyone understand their mistakes and apologises to Shanta. Finally Shanta dies, and her granddaughter Shobha gives birth to a daughter, now everybody believes that their Amma Shanta is born again as Shobha's granddaughter.