We are of course talking about our heroines from Chennai, Goa, Punjab and Mumbai, or for that matter from any other part of the Country other than Andhra. The fact is not even a single one of them is a member of the industry’s Movie Artistes Association (MAA). The membership costs a paltry (by their standard) Rs. 1 lac. None of them – Trisha, Genelia, Anushka, Tamannah, Taapsee, Nithya Menon, Samantha, Kajal – have bothered to enrol in the Industry’s premier body.

In direct contrast almost all of them have become members of Kollywood’s Nadigar Sangam. The membership is not a simple nominal issue. It has commercial implications for the producers too. Those producers that sign up the above mentioned heroines, cannot approach MAA to take any action on them in case they have disputes regarding remuneration, shooting schedules etc. This is the concern that MAA in turn has communicated to the producers and has told them in no uncertain terms that they have to take note of this issue while signing up these actresses for their movies.

Some of them though have responded. Actress like Trisha and Genelia who have even won Nandi awards are saying that they will soon complete the enrolment formalities.