Rohini (actress)

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Rohini
Born 15 December 1969 (age 49)
Nationality Indian
Other names Rohini Molleti
Occupation Actress, lyricist, screenwriter, voice actress, director
Years active 1976�1995
2004-present
Spouse(s) Raghuvaran
m.(1996-2004) (divorced)
Children Rishi Varan (b. 1998)
Parent(s) Ravu Naidu
Saraswathi
Rohini is an Indian actress, lyricist, screenwriter, voice actor and director.[1]
She has mainly acted in south Indian, notably Malayalam and Tamil films. Having
started her acting career at five, she has about 130 south Indian films to her
credit.[2] She received National Award of Special mention and Andhra Pradesh State
Award for Best Female Actor in 1996 for the film Sthree.[3]

Contents
1 Personal life
2 Career
3 Awards
4 Filmography
5 Television
6 References
7 External links
Personal life
A native of Anakapalli, Andhra Pradesh Rohini spent all her childhood in Chennai.
[4] Her father Ravu Naidu was a panchyat officer and mother Saraswathi was a
housewife.[5] Her father always wanted to become an actor, though he couldn't be an
actor he encouraged his daughter to become an actress and he fulfilled his ambition
through his daughter. Her mother died when she was five years old and father
remarried later.[6]

She was married to well known actor Raghuvaran in 1996 and they have a son Rishi
Varan born in 1998. The couple later got separated and divorced in 2004.

Career
She started her career in 1976 as a child artist. She was first seen as a wide-eyed
five year old in Yashoda Krishna, a Telugu film. She is also a popular dubbing
artist in the Telugu and Tamil industries. She has voiced six characters in five of
Mani Ratnam's films.[7] She lent her voice to actresses like Jyothika (Vettaiyadu
Villaiyadu), Aishwarya Rai (Iruvar and Raavanan),[4] Manisha Koirala (Bombay)[1]
and Amala (Shiva).[7] She has also dubbed for Girija Shettar in Mani Rathnam's only
Telugu movie till date Geethanjali.

She wrote lyrics for the Tamil film Pachaikili Muthucharam, before ending another
hiatus by writing all songs in the album, Maalai Pozhudhin Mayakathilaey.[8] Her
acting skills were recognized and she was given the Kalaimamani award recently.

She writes episodes for Tamil TV serials.[4] She started writing scripts for TV
series way back in 1996, and has adapted the Sahithya Academy Award winning novel
Verukku Neer for a tele film in 2005.[3] She hosted the live TV talk show Kelvigal
Aayiram for Vijay TV, which she said "dealt with issues close to my heart".[7] She
moderated the Tamil programme Azhagiya Tamizh Magal on Kalaignar TV[9] and has
worked as the anchor of Raj TV's show, Rohini's Box Office in which she reviewed
the latest releases.[10]

Being an activist for AIDS awareness, Rohini has also directed short films for
M.G.R. Medical University and Tamil Nadu Aids Control Society.[3] In 2008, Rohini
had directed a 50-minute documentary Silent Hues about film industry's child
artists, she being one herself.[11] In 2013, she has directed a feature film
Appavin Meesai which is yet to be released.[12]

Awards
1995 National Film Award - Special Mention - Stri[13]
2017-Vanitha Film Awards - Best supporting actress (Guppy, Action hero biju)
2017-CPC Awards for Best supporting actress (Guppy, Action hero biju)
Filmography
As actress