mohanlal resigned from his AMMA President post..!?
Leading actor
mohanlal and all the executives resigned from the post of president of the
malayalam actor's association known as AMMA. Leading actor
mohanlal has resigned as the president of the
malayalam actor's association known as AMMA. Not only him but all the administrators have resigned. In the
kerala film
industry for the past few days there have been allegations of sexism, the resignation of
malayalam Film Actors Association executives has created a lot of excitement in Kerala. In 2017,
malayalam actor
dileep was arrested by the
police for allegedly sexually harassing a famous actress. Subsequently, in order to ensure the safety of actresses on shooting sites, an inquiry committee headed by Justice
hema was formed in 2017 to investigate the sexual violations in the film industry.
The panel, headed by retired
high court judge Hema, includes former actor Saradha, retired IAS officer K.P. Valsala Kumari, and others who were present. The team also investigated 51 victims of various sexual harassment in the
malayalam film
industry and prepared a detailed report on gender discrimination and sexual harassment. In 2019, the group submitted to the
kerala government. The
hema Committee report was submitted and was not published by the
government for several years. The state
government had also set up a separate committee to examine the report submitted by the
hema Committee. In this situation, the
hema Committee report, which was expected to shock the film
industry, was released by the
kerala government on
august 19, following the order of the court. However, many controversial parts of the report were deleted and only 233 pages were published.
Ever since this report came out, there has been a frenzy in the
malayalam film industry. Again various actresses leveled sexual allegations against leading actors and technicians. In particular, the assistant actress
revathi Sampath filed a sexual complaint against Siddique, who was the general secretary of the Association of
malayalam Movie Artists - AMMA, to the police. Following this, Siddiqui resigned as General Secretary the day before. Also,
bengali actress
srilekha Mitra resigned as the president of the
kerala State Salachitra Academy after filing a sexual complaint against
malayalam director Ranjith. These created a sensation in the
kerala film industry.
Mohanlal has resigned from the post of President of AMMA Sangh today following various incidents including ongoing
sex allegations in the film
industry and pressure caused by the
hema Committee report. Following Mohanlal's resignation, 17 members of the executive committee resigned from their duties. Apart from President
mohanlal, General Secretary Siddique, Executive Committee members Jagadish, Jayan Kurla, Tovino Thomas, Jomol, Baburaj, Unni Mukundhan, Kalabhavan Shajon,
sarayu Mohan, Suraj Venjarammoodu, Joy Mathew,
suresh Krishna, Tini Tam, Ananya, Vinumohan, Ansipa Hassan and others also resigned.