3 min readHyderabadUpdated: Jun 28, 2026 10:04 AM IST
Ansiba Hassan, whose role in the Mohanlal-starrer Drishyam films propelled her to fame, has alleged that she faced abuse and communal remarks from some actors, including Tini Tom and Lakshmi Priya, who were members of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artistes (AMMA).
On June 19, Ansiba, 34, filed a petition at the Ernakulam Judicial First Class Magistrate court against her co-actor Tiny Tom, alleging that he made abusive and communal remarks against her. She moved court following an alleged delay by the Kochi police in filing an FIR based on her complaint.
On June 26, Ansiba filed a separate complaint at Palarivattom police station against actor Lakshmi Priya, the former vice-president of AMMA; Swetha Menon, the former president of AMMA; and Sukumar, the owner of an online entertainment channel, alleging a malicious campaign against her.
Swetha Menon, Tini Tom and Lakshmi Priya have denied all charges levelled against them.
Speaking to The Indian Express, Ansiba said that during her tenure in AMMA, she stood for “what was good for the organisation”. “I have spoken only about the problems that were ailing AMMA from the very beginning (of her tenure as joint secretary). But the majority of the executive committee targeted me personally,” she alleged. “What I have faced is character assassination in AMMA and in public at the hands of those who once were AMMA office bearers.”
Ansiba said she was “forced to resign” from AMMA’s executive committee in June, even before the body’s last general body meeting on June 21, when Swetha Menon and the rest of the executive committee resigned. While Menon sent out a cryptic message saying she “does not want to be a puppet in the hands of others”, others said that the older guard in AMMA were “using Ansiba” to “level allegations against a women-led panel”.
Sources in AMMA said that Ansiba had raised allegations of financial misappropriation in the body.
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Ansiba told The Indian Express that she is facing character assassination by a powerful lobby in AMMA. “They are saying that I drink and that I have loose morals. They make comments raising sexual innuendos and target me,” she alleged. “I am a practising Muslim even though I take a neutral stand when it comes to religious practices. If they can call me a ‘religious fundamentalist’, what would they be calling people who are more devout than I am?”
Ansiba said that even her stepfather was being dragged into the controversy. “They said, I have ‘double dad’ syndrome in a WhatsApp chat,” she alleged.
When The Indian Express contacted Kochi Police, an officer said they are looking for more evidence before they decide to book anyone.
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