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Mohanlal resigned from the post of President of Malayalam Movie Artistes Association (AMMA) on August 27 after the Hema Committee report was released.
Malayalam superstar Mohanlal has spoken for the first time on the Hema Committee report on the allegations of sexual exploitation of women in the Malayalam film industry. He said that the entire Malayalam cinema industry is responsible for this report.
He said that it is not right to question only the Malayalam Movie Artists Association (AMMA) regarding this report. AMMA cannot answer all the questions. As far as power groups are concerned, let the names come out. I do not know about any power group. I am not a part of it. I have not read the Hema Committee report.
After the Hema Committee report came out, Mohanlal resigned from the post of President of the Malayalam Movie Artists Association (AMMA) on August 27. After this, the executive committee of AMMA also resigned. Regarding this, he said that none of us has run away from our responsibility.
On August 27, 17 members of AMMA, including South superstar Mohanlal, resigned. With this, the entire association was dissolved.
Read Mohanlal's full statement…
The Hema Committee report should be welcomed. I have presented my views before the committee twice. My request to everyone is – do not ruin the Malayalam industry. The government's decision to release this report was correct.
I have served as the president of AMMA for the last two terms. The entire Malayalam cinema industry is accountable to the Hema Committee report. We are seeing that all the questions are being asked only to AMMA. AMMA cannot answer all the questions. These questions should be asked to everyone.
This industry is a very hardworking industry in which many people are involved. Not everyone can be blamed. Those who are responsible will be punished.
I cannot answer your questions. It is the job of Kerala Police to answer. You should ask questions to the government. Police is investigating the matter. We cannot change the law for anyone.
Now many people are saying that AMMA should not have been run like this. If you have suggestions on how AMMA should be run, contest the elections. This is a difficult time. Everyone has to fight together.
It is true that there are some differences within AMMA. We will take necessary action for this. Elections will be held soon. None of us has run away from our responsibility. Please do not make unnecessary allegations against the association.
As far as power groups are concerned, let the names come out. I don't know about any power group. I am not a part of it. I have not read the Hema Committee report.
Justice Hema submitted the report to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on August 19.
AMMA was dissolved on 27 August
The Malayalam Movie Artists Association (AMMA) was dissolved on Tuesday, August 27, following allegations of sexual harassment. This led to the resignation of 17 members, including AMMA president and South superstar Mohanlal.
Many people including actors Siddiqui and Baburaj were accused
A complaint of sexual harassment was filed against several members of AMMA, including general secretary and veteran Malayalam actor Siddique and joint secretary Baburaj.
Cases were also filed against many of these members. The decision to dissolve the association was taken after the Hema Committee report came out.
Hema Committee was formed in 2019
Actually, there have been allegations of sexual exploitation of female actors in the Malayalam film industry for the last several years. To investigate this, a 3-member committee was formed in 2019 under the chairmanship of retired Justice Hema.
After 4 years, on August 19, Hema Committee submitted a 233-page report to the Kerala government, in which exploitation by many big artists came to light.
