Movie Artists' Association was formed two decades beck with Chiranjeevi as the founder President and after that Murali Mohan stuck the post for maximum times and duration due to reasons unknown. Rajendra Prasad lost will only 6 votes when MM first contested and again when the great actor expressed his wish to contest elections, MM again used all his forces to stop Rajendra Prasad but his efforts went in vein as Rajendra Prasad triumphed the election with a record majority in MAA history.