Along with love stories and hero-worshipping mass films, the family drama forms the staple of Tollywood filmmakers. It is a safe genre and comes with a certain guarantee, because who doesn't want to watch a movie where the families fall out and get estranged but ultimately unite at the end? That is what families are all about, and our makers know it well enough to revisit the family re-union themes with considerable success.
Ammammagarillu is yet another film on those lines, but cannot meet the same fate. The story opens in Pithapuram in 1998 with trouble brewing in the Sitamaha....