Entire AMMA leadership resigns, ad hoc panel appointed

The entire leadership of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) resigned on Sunday, June 21, 2026, following a contentious annual general body meeting in Kochi. The mass resignation includes actor Shwetha Menon, the association's first woman president, and the 17-member executive committee she led.

The immediate trigger was a stormy meeting where members clashed over the organization's annual report and financial statements. A section of members alleged a lack of transparency and discrepancies in the accounts presented by General Secretary Kukku Parameswaran. Treasurer Unni Sivapal, who had been placed on compulsory leave following a workplace harassment complaint by an AMMA employee, reportedly refused to take responsibility for the financial statement. Senior actors and former office-bearers opposed passing the annual report without rectifying the alleged discrepancies.

Announcing her resignation, Menon told reporters she was also quitting her primary membership in AMMA. She alleged there were attempts to push the organization into the hands of "tainted persons" and that she could not remain a puppet. She claimed some members had been pressured into signing a...