{"id":70662,"date":"2025-08-15T16:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70662\/"},"modified":"2025-08-15T16:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T16:51:08","slug":"shwetha-menon-creates-history-first-woman-to-lead-amma-actress-says-amma-is-now-a-woman-malayalam-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/70662\/","title":{"rendered":"Shwetha Menon creates history; first woman to lead AMMA; actress says, ‘AMMA is now a woman’ | Malayalam Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Shwetha(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Actress Shwetha Menon<\/a> has been elected as the organisation\u2019s first-ever woman president in a historic milestone for the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA).The victory, sealed on Thursday, saw Shwetha secure 159 votes \u2014 20 more than her opponent Devan, who received 132. Standing before members and the media after the announcement, Shwetha said with a smile, \u201cYou all said AMMA should be a woman, and today that moment has come \u2014 AMMA is now a woman.\u201dThe election saw an impressive turnout, with 298 members casting their votes. \u201cNamaskaram. First of all, I thank all our family members who are here today\u2026 I am speaking this gratitude from the language of my heart,\u201d she said, adding that holding two general body meetings in a year had been a costly yet unifying effort.<\/p>\n

‘I will personally invite them back’<\/p>\n

Shwetha made it clear that her vision as president would be one of inclusion and healing. Referring to members who had resigned or left due to disagreements, she said, \u201cThose who resigned from AMMA will return. Those who left in disagreement should come back \u2014 if necessary, I will personally invite them.\u201d She also reached out to members of the Women in Cinema Collective (WCC), stating they were \u201call part of the AMMA family\u201d and expressing readiness to meet them personally.<\/p>\n

Shwetha Menon on 30 years of her debut movie \u2018Anaswaram\u2019<\/p>\n

Her remarks reflected an emphasis on collaboration: \u201cWe should first hold an executive meeting and make some decisions. Step by step, we must do everything together.\u201d<\/p>\n

A team effort: New faces in key positions<\/p>\n

The election also brought in new leadership across key posts. Kuku Parameswaran was elected General Secretary with 172 votes, defeating Ravindran\u2019s 115. For the vice-president position, Lakshmipriya won with 139 votes, while Nasser Latheef trailed at 96.As she took on her new role, Shwetha reflected on the essence of the profession: \u201cI believe there is no gender divide in cinema \u2014 only characters exist. The life of a film artist lies between an action and a cut.\u201dWith her win, AMMA\u2019s leadership enters a new chapter.”Get the latest news updates on Times of India, including reviews of the movie Coolie <\/a>and War 2<\/a>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Picture Courtesy: Facebook) Actress Shwetha Menon has been elected as the organisation\u2019s first-ever woman president in a historic…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70663,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[55628,55629,64,63,447,134,55630,55627,55631],"class_list":["post-70662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-amma","tag-association-of-malayalam-movie-artists","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-first-woman-president","tag-shwetha-menon","tag-women-in-cinema-collective"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70662\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}