Actor Shwetha Menon, who retracted her earlier decision to step down as president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA), has said she will “go to any extent” to make sure that those named in the Hema Committee report will not lead the actors’ body.

In a social media post on Tuesday, she stated that her fight is against the ‘power group’ named in the Hema Committee report [on the problems faced by women in Malayalam cinema]. She alleged that the group “humiliated” her and tried to expel her from the annual general body meeting of the association held in Kochi on June 21.

She alleged that some in the power group had raised personal allegations against her after she had questioned them about their financial wrongdoings linked to the association.

On the allegation that she had received commission to provide candidates for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2026 Kerala Assembly election, Ms. Menon said she has “not understood the logic” behind the allegation that a national party that has been in power for the last 12 years will require her support to get candidates. She said she “has no reason” to hide her political affiliation, if any, as the association’s executive committee has members with political leanings across various parties, including the Congress, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and BJP.

She said the ‘corruption allegations’, which she claimed had been acknowledged by actor and MLA Ramesh Pisharody, have not received the attention it needed in view of the ongoing controversies.

The rival factions in the association are engaged in a legal battle after the Ernakulam Munsiff court issued a stay on the functioning of the ad-hoc committee formed at the general body meeting of the actors’ body on June 21 based on a petition filed by Ms. Menon. She had claimed that the ad-hoc committee was formed in violation of the laws of the association.

Mr. Pisharody, who was the convener of the ad-hoc committee, had stepped down following the court order. He had informed the court that Ms. Menon could not continue exercising her powers as she had publicly declared at the general body meeting that she and the entire executive committee stood resigned. The ad-hoc committee was formed with the concurrence of the general body, which is the apex policy-making body in the association, he said.

Actor Shwetha Menon, who reversed her earlier decision to step down as president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA), has sent a letter to its members stating that the executive committee led by her has initiated measures to correct its “lapses caused by lack of experience.”

She said the committee is “duty-bound” to move forward with more responsibility as the existing panel members will continue to carry out their responsibilities.

The actor had earlier vowed to continue in her post after publicly announcing her resignation at the stormy general body meeting of the association held in Kochi on June 21. The crisis emerged after a section of the members moved a no-confidence motion against the committee, alleging administrative and accounting lapses.

The letter said the daily affairs of the association, including disbursal of benefits to its employees, have not been affected since the general body meeting on June 21. “We have realised that several members have been pained by the discussions and differences of opinion aired at the meeting. Our priority is to ensure the welfare and security of all the members. We expect that you would continue to support us”, it said.

The letter to the members has come at a time when the Ernakulam Munsiff Court, which had stayed the formation of an ad-hoc committee at the general body meeting, is slated to hear the arguments by Ramesh Pisharody, actor and MLA, against the legal validity of the panel led by Ms. Menon.

He had announced his resignation from the post of convener of the ad-hoc committee following the court order on July 3. The rival faction has questioned the propriety of sending a letter by the panel led by Ms. Menon as they pointed out that the court is yet to consider the arguments against its legal standing.

Actor Shwetha Menon, who stepped down from the post of president of Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) following an internal strife, has alleged that certain vested interests ensured that her committee did not get an opportunity to investigate the wrongdoings of a few members of the previous committee.

“The accounts of the past two terms, including ours, should be thoroughly reviewed. A forensic audit has to be carried out to ensure complete transparency and accountability,” she said in a Facebook post on Wednesday (June 24, 2026).

The 17-member executive committee led by her had resigned ahead of a no-confidence motion at the general body meeting of the actors’ body held in Kochi on June 21. A new ad-hoc committee with actor and Palakkad MLA Ramesh Pisharody was elected at the meeting.

Ms. Menon responded to allegations of her affiliations with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) raised by her detractors at the meeting. “I am neither a Sanghi nor a Commie. I never attended even one function organised by the BJP-led Central government or the previous Left Democratic Front led State government, even though I had all the invitations. I stayed away when everyone else was chasing these invitations,” she said.

She said she decided to resign following the “continuing baseless allegations” against her. “That decision was not out of weakness. It was out of self-respect. The reason why I resigned was because I refused to be a puppet to anyone,” she said. She ended her post by saying that “picture abhi baaki hai” (the main story is yet to unfold).