Amrutha is Telugu version of National award winning Tamil film Kannathil Muthamittal. It's the story of a Srilankan child adopted by Indian parents Srinivas (Madhavan) and Indira (Simran), whose desire is to meet her biological mother in the midst of the Sri Lankan Civil War. Their struggle to discover Shyamala (Nandita Das) & figuring why she gave up Amrutha (Keerthana) forms crux of the story.