In the wake of various sexual allegations cropping up against many of its members, all office-bearers of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) including its president and top actor Mohanlal, resigned from their positions on Tuesday.
In a statement, the Association said the current administrative panel resigned as such, taking moral responsibility for the allegations.
The new administrative panel would be elected within two months after convening a general body meeting, it said.
The Association also thanked everyone for criticising and correcting them, the statement added.
Leading actor Prithviraj on Monday said, “There should have been strong interventions on the part of AMMA (on allegations against its members)… Nobody can deny the existence of a power group in the industry (Hema committee had said a power group controls Malayalam cinema).”
Cracks appeared within AMMA soon after the Hema Committee report was released last week. Its vice president Jagadish demanded a probe and said perpetrators who exploited women in the industry should be exposed.
He also told the media that the violence against women in film should not be trivialised by branding them as “stray incidents”. This comment came soon after Siddique, then the general secretary of AMMA, had said such “stray incidents” should lead to the entire film industry being blamed.
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