Kochi: Actor Parvathy Thiruvoth resigned from the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists (AMMA) in protest against remarks made by the association's General Secretary about a survivor in the actor assault case. She announced her resignation in a Facebook post on Monday. She stated his remarks as ‘utterly disgusting.’
The statement made by AMMA General Secretary Idavela Babu in an interview in a regional channel pushed her to quit the association.
Parvathy’s Facebook post in both Malayalam and English read:" In 2018 when my friends resigned from AMMA, I stayed back thinking at least a few should continue to work within a broken system and help repair it. But after watching AMMA General Secretary speak to Reporter TV's Nikesh Kumar, I have abandoned all hope that anything will ever change within this association. His utterly disgusting and mortifying remark comparing a woman member who had been badly let down by this organisation and consequently left it, to a dead person is beyond correction."
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Mr Babu may believe he just used a metaphor, but it shows his nauseating attitude and I pity him. I am sure that when the media starts discussing this remark, many of his peers will support him. I am certain about this because of the way they have always dealt with issues pertaining to women.
I would like to resign from AMMA with immediate effect. Moreover, I strongly demand the resignation of Edavela Babu. I hope other conscientious members will also demand the same, and I will be keenly watching to see who will come forward. I urge every member to see that it’s a hazy bubble of “welfare” that’s wrapped around a core of corrupt morals, Parvathy said.
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