IANS/Kochi
Veteran comedian Innocent made a record when he was elected president of the Association of Malayalam Artists (AMMA) yesterday for the fifth time without any opposition.
The main agenda in the 18th annual general body meeting of AMMA held here was to elect a new set of officials and Innocent was elected unopposed.
Innocent has been the president for the past 12 years. Each term is for a three-year period.
Edavela Babu was elected secretary unopposed.
Others who were elected unopposed included Forest Minister and actor K B Ganesh Kumar and Dileep as vice-presidents; superstar Mohanlal as general secretary and Kunchako Boban as treasurer.
Senior actor Jagdish since there were 12 nominations for the post of 11 executive committee the election was held.
“Nedumudi Venu, Lal, Devan, Lalu Alex, Indrajith, Suraj Venjaramood, Jayasurya, Sadiq, Kavya Madhavan, Lena and Kukku Parameshwaran were elected while actor Ravindran came 12th and was not elected,” said Jagdish, who was the treasurer in the outgoing committee.
