Rohini Molleti, known professionally as Rohini, is an Indian actress, screenwriter, and lyricist. She has mainly acted in

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films along with few

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films. Having started her acting career at five, she has about 130 south Indian films to her credit. She received National Award of Special Mention and Andhra Pradesh state Nandi Special Jury Award for Best Performance in 1995 for the film '' Stri''.

Early life

A native of Anakapalli,

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, Rohini spent all her childhood in

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. Her father Appa Rao Naidu was a panchyat officer and mother Radha was a housewife. 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.

Personal life

She was married to actor

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in 1996. The couple have a son Rishi Varan, born in 2000. The couple divorced in 2004.

Career

She started her career in 1976 as a child actress. She was first seen as a wide-eyed five year old in ''

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'', a Telugu film. She is also a popular dubbing artist in the Telugu and Tamil industries. She has voiced six characters in five of

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's films. She lent her voice to actresses like

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''),

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'' and ''

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''). She has also dubbed for

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in '' Geethanjali''. She wrote lyrics for the Tamil film ''

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'', before ending another hiatus by writing all songs in the album, ''

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''. Her acting skills were recognized and she was given the

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recently. She writes episodes for Tamil TV serials. She started writing scripts for TV series way back in 1996, and has adapted the

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winning novel ''Verukku Neer'' for a tele film in 2005. She hosted the live TV talk show ''Kelvigal Aayiram'' for Vijay TV, which she said "dealt with issues close to my heart". She moderated the Tamil programme ''Azhagiya Tamizh Magal'' on Kalaignar TV and has worked as the anchor of Raj TV's show, ''Rohini's Box Office'' in which she reviewed the latest releases. Being an activist for

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awareness, Rohini has also directed short films for M.G.R. Medical University and Tamil Nadu Aids Control Society. In 2008, Rohini had directed a 50-minute documentary ''Silent Hues'' about film industry's Child actresss, she being one herself. In 2013, she has directed a feature film ''Appavin Meesai'' which is yet to be released.

Awards

* 1995 - National Film Award - Special Mention - Stri * 1995 - Nandi Award for Special Jury Best Performance - Stri *2017 -

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- Best supporting actress (''

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'', ''

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'') *2017 - CPC Awards for Best supporting actress (''Guppy'', ''Action Hero Biju'')

Filmography

Rohini has mainly acted in

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, films along with few Kannada films. Having started her acting career at five, she has about 130 south Indian films to her credit.

As actress

As lyricist

* 2007 - ''

'' (Unakkul Naane) * 2009 - '' Villu'' (Jalsa) * 2010 - ''

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'' (Maya, Kanavena) * 2012 - ''

'' (all songs) * 2013 - '' 11th Chennai International Film Festival Anthem'' (Song composed by

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) * 2020 - ''

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'' (murali mogha) (Song composed by

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)

As director

*1995 - ''Chinna Chinna Aasai - Ganga'' (Sun tv) * 2008 - ''Silent Hues'' (documentary film)

Dubbing artist

As playback singer

* 1995 - ''

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'' - Kanmaniye Kanmaniye (along with

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)

Television

; Tamil * ''Chinna Chinna Aasai - Ganga'' (

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) acted and directed * ''Kelvigal Aayiram'' (

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) as Host * ''Azhagiya Tamizh Magal'' (Kalaignar TV) as Moderator * ''Rohini's Box Office'' (Raj TV) as Host * ''Kelvigal Neram'' (Vendhar TV) as Host *''Geethanjali'' - Telefilm (

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) as Writer *'' Engae Aval''- Actress ; Malayalam *''Nerukku Neer'' - Telefilm (

) Screenplay and lyricshttp://www.mangalam.com/mangalam-varika/243988?page=0,0 *''Kadha Ithu Vare'' (

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) as Host *''Ugram Ujjwalam Season 2 Grand Finale'' as Judge *''Comedy Stars season 2'' (

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) as Judge *''Red Carpet'' (

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) as Mentor ;Telugu *''

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'' ( Aha)

References

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