Amma Deevena is one of a family cum women-oriented movies from Tollywood. The protagonist Lakshmamma (Aamani) is a villager. She is married to an irresponsible man, who indulges in drinking and lives life at his will. The couple has five children together. Lakshmamma's husband (Posani Krishnamurali) doesn't help her raise the children. A single lady like her takes the responsibility of the home and starts earning. She works as a daily wage laborer in a quarry, as a worker at a flour mill, and starts supporting the family. The family gets into deep financial stress as the head of the family doesn't provide for them. She still manages to pull the family together with her earnings.
She starts working hard and helps her children get admissions into the school. Her children study well and get settled in life. All of them settle with financial stability. She then gets into the fold of certain people around her, who enter her life as relatives. As her family is financially set she decides to move ahead in life and do something for society. That is when her health condition worsens and she dies. Even after her death her son fights for the cause she was fighting for. What was the cause she was fighting for? What is its relation to NTR entering politics? Forms the remaining part of the story.