Mohanlal stepped down from the position of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA), on Tuesday, August 26, following the serious contents of an accusation levied against powerful personalities in the mollywood realm. In a historic first, all members of the AMMA executive committee also handed in their notices of resignation, and therefore, the AMMA executive committee was dissolved.
After the members resigned and the AMMA governing committee, that is head of AMMA’s branches and executive, has been heads of several boards, AMMA made an official explanation concerning the resignation. Being put on record, the collective resignations are not a reactive approach to individuals but a preemptive step aimed at restoring moral order in the AMMA.
“The aforementioned report led to some members of the AMMA administrative committee being embroiled in social, visual, and print media related to sexual allegations in the rather late areas after its release report. In the context of the above allegations, the present governing body of AMMA showed an act of contrition, implying accepting moral responsibility and all members prophylactically resigned. A new governing body will be elected within two months at the general meeting. At the same time, the outgoing governing body will remain in a temporary touch to allow AMMA to continue with its current programs and repair services for its revered members,” the statement read.
The concluding outline of the statement offered some prospects for the organization and its future activities: “Thank you for your efforts and we hope that AMMA will enrich the Committee with new leaders.”
The dissolved executive committee also had well-known actors associated with the Malayalam film industry, including Joy Mathew, Tovino Thomas, Jagadish, Jayan Cherthala, Tini Tom, Baburaj, Suraj Venjaramodu, Kalabhavan Shajon, Suresh Krishna, Ananya Sarayu, and Jomol Ansiba Vinu Mohan among others.
This series of resignations comes in the wake of events such as the resignation of film actor Siddique, the General Secretary of AMMA when a junior artist leveled allegations against him of sexual violence. Other exits include Ranjith who was the chairman of the Kerala State Film Academy, who quit as well due to allegations of misconduct.
The resignations are set against the background of AMMA becoming capacious through the kudos of antagonism and ending purges while gaining new leadership.
