Amma (1952 film)

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{{Infobox film

| image = Amma-1952.jpg

| caption = Poster

| director = Jairus Paul Victor

| producer = T. E. Vasudevan

| writer = Nagavally R. S. Kurup

| based_on =

| starring = Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
Lalitha
B. S. Saroja
Aranmula Ponnamma
M. N. Nambiar
T. S. Durairaj
P. M. Devan
Gopalan Nair
T. S. Muthaiah
Sharma
Paul Vengola

| music = V. Dakshinamurthy

| cinematography = V. Rajagopal

| editing = R. Rajagopal

| studio = Associated Producers

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1952|12|6|df=y}}

| runtime =

| country = India

| language = Malayalam
Tamil

| budget = {{INR}}10 lakh

}}

Amma ({{translation|Mother}}) is a 1952 Indian Malayalam-language film directed by Jairus Paul Victor, written by Nagavally R. S. Kurup and produced by T. E. Vasudevan. The film is based on L. V. Prasad's Telugu movie Shavukar.

The film was a moderate success at the box office.{{Cite news |last=Vasudevan |first=T. E. |last2=Hussain |first2=P. Zakir |date=June 2014 |title=സിനിമയില്‍ സത്യമില്ല സകലതും അഭിനയമാണ് |url=http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/2837 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140712011013/http://www.madhyamam.com/weekly/2837 |archive-date=12 July 2014 |access-date=3 July 2014 |work=Madhyamam Weekly |language=ml}} It was one of the two films that enjoyed success among the 11 Malayalam films which released in 1952, the other being the Prem Nazir-starrer Visappinte Vili.{{Cite news |last=Kalariykkal |first=Mohandas |date=April 2011 |title=അബ്ദുള്‍ ഖാദര്‍ പ്രേം നസീര്‍ ആയ കഥ |url=https://www.janmabhumidaily.com/detailed-story?newsID=136823&page=0&subpage=1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181231092336/https://www.janmabhumidaily.com/detailed-story?newsID=136823&page=0&subpage=1 |archive-date=31 December 2018 |access-date=15 August 2020 |work=Janmabhumi |language=Malayalam}}

The film was also made in Tamil with the same title; Amma. Sandilyan wrote the dialogues.{{Cite web |title=1952 – அம்மா – அசோசியேட் புரொடக்ஸ் (த-ம) |trans-title=1952 – Amma – Associate Product. (ta-ma) |url=http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1952-cinedetails3.asp |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170619043521/http://www.lakshmansruthi.com/cineprofiles/1952-cinedetails3.asp |archive-date=19 June 2017 |access-date=19 June 2017 |website=Lakshman Sruthi |language=Tamil}}