Overview
- The resignations were announced in a joint Instagram statement by Revathy Asha Kelunni and Padmapriya Janakiraman on Monday and mark a public break with AMMA after years of private appeals for change.
- They said they had repeatedly asked for safer workplaces, dignity, accountability and equal treatment and that those core demands went unmet despite nearly a decade of effort.
- The actors criticised the resignations that followed the Hema Committee report as an escape from accountability, saying leadership changes did not alter the underlying structures that enable inequality.
- The move comes after AMMA’s 17-member executive, led by Shwetha Menon, resigned following a no-confidence motion and the general body installed an ad-hoc committee headed by actor‑MLA Ramesh Pisharody; Shwetha has since alleged preexisting financial discrepancies in the association’s accounts.
- Revathy and Padmapriya said they will keep working as film professionals and left the association to pressure institutional reform, a development that raises questions about AMMA’s credibility and the timing of fresh elections for its leadership.