The simmering discontent within the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA) over its alleged soft stand towards producer and actor Vijay Babu, accused of raping of a young actor, came to the fore yet again with actor and MLA K.B. Ganesh Kumar lashing out at the AMMA leadership over Vijay Babu being given special treatment.
In an open letter to actor and AMMA president Mohanlal on Sunday, he said that the organisation had taken different approaches to Dileep and Vijay Babu, though both were accused of crime of similar nature.
“The action taken against Dileep should be applicable to others too. Vijay Babu and Dileep, facing similar allegations, were treated differently by the organisation. The AMMA official page was used to share a video of Vijay Babu making a “mass entry” to the AMMA general body meeting. Mohanlal should stop being silent about these issues. It is disappointing that he did not correct Edavela Babu who claimed that AMMA is a club. He should remain vigilant against those who pull the strings from behind the scenes. I have no personal enmity towards Vijay Babu. I have even canvassed votes for him in the previous AMMA elections,” said Mr. Ganesh Kumar in the letter.
