Association of Malayalam Movie Artists

The Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) is an Indian organisation of film actors and actresses working in Malayalam cinema, formed in 1994.

Association of Malayalam Movie Artists
Full nameAssociation of Malayalam Movie Artists
Founded1994
Members486
Office locationKochi [1]
CountryIndia
Websitewww.malayalamcinema.com

Governing body

A governing body of this association is selected for a period of three years to manage and carry out its objectives. The officers of the Governing body shall include President, two Vice-presidents, General Secretary, Joint Secretary Treasurer and other Executive Committee members. Only members with Life Membership status can become a member of the Governing body.

The new office-bearers for the year 2018–2021 were selected as follows :

Executive Committee Members : Mammootty, Indrans, Sudheer Karamana, Jayasurya, Baburaj, Asif Ali, Tini Tom, Aju Varghese, Honey Rose, Swetha Menon, Rachana Narayanankutty and Unni Sivapal.

Public contributions
  • AMMA association contributed 50 lakh rupees to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund, to extend its support during 2018 Kerala floods.[2]
  • On October 6, 2018 Mohanlal announced that AMMA along with Asianet will conduct a stage show in Abu Dhabi by December 2018 with the intent to raise around five crore rupees which would be handed over to the Chief Minister's Distress Relief Fund.

Disputes
  • In February 2010, the senior actor Thilakan announced to the media that few members within AMMA has conspired and denied him work. The executive members of AMMA convened meetings multiple times to hear his complaints. Since Thilakan did not attend those meetings and continued to publicly defame the association in the media, he was expelled from the association.[3] After the veteran actor Thilakan died, his son Shammi Thilakan, a member of AMMA, requested the AMMA leadership to reconsider and reinstate the membership of his father posthumously.
  • In March 2017, based on the petition by director Vinayan in 2012, Competition Commission of India (CCI), imposed a total fine of Rs 11.25 Lakhs on the AMMA and Film Employees Federation Of Kerala (FEFKA) for denying opportunities for Vinayan, preventing artists from co-operating with Vinayan, and rejecting his films from theaters.[4][5]

References
  1. http://www.malayalamcinema.com/contact-us
  2. . filmibeat.com Retrieved on August 18, 2018
  3. Rajendran, Sowmya (11 July 2017). "The cardboard heroes of AMMA must apologise for not standing by the survivor". The News Minute. The News Minute. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  4. "Film bodies slapped Rs 11.25-lakh fine for ban on director Vinayan". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  5. "CCI slaps penalty on Kerala film industry collectives". OnManorama. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
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