Kochi, July 4 (IANS) The crisis within the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) deepened on Saturday with a group of senior actresses launching a fresh attack on president Shwetha Menon, accusing her of encouraging communal polarisation, intimidating dissenting voices and plunging the organisation into turmoil.The controversy also claimed its first major casualty, with actor-turned-Congress MLA Ramesh Pisharody stepping down as convener of the ad hoc committee.Actresses Ansiba Hassan, M…
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Kochi, July 3 (IANS) The leadership tussle within the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) took a dramatic legal turn on Friday after an Ernakulam court restrained the newly constituted ad hoc committee from functioning and directed that the Executive Committee headed by former President Shwetha Menon continue in office until further orders.The interim order by the Ernakulam Munsiff Court came on a petition filed by Menon, dealing a setback to the nine-member ad hoc committee that had b…
Kochi, July 3 ( IANS) A fresh power struggle has erupted in the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA), with former president Shwetha Menon challenging the legitimacy of the newly constituted ad hoc committee and asserting that her executive committee remains in office until fresh elections are held. The development comes less than two weeks after AMMA’s Annual General Body (AGB) meeting on June 21, where Shwetha Menon and the entire executive committee announced their resignation amid …
Kochi, June 22 (IANS) Can actor-turned-first time Congress MLA, Ramesh Pisharody, bring back stability to the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA)? That is the question confronting the Malayalam film industry after the organisation plunged into its biggest leadership crisis in years, with the entire 17-member governing committee resigning following a stormy General Body meeting.The AMMA is an organisation long known for its larger than life personalities, competing egos and internal equ…
Thiruvananthapuram, March 11 (IANS) In a significant relief to Malayalam actor Shwetha Menon, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday quashed all criminal proceedings initiated against her over allegations that she acted in films and advertisements containing obscene and vulgar visuals.Justice C.S. Dias allowed Menon’s plea seeking to quash the First Information Report (FIR) and the private complaint filed against her, observing that the allegations, even if accepted at face value, did not constitu…