Rohini in a new role

Actress Rohini is now donning another role that is in documentary film. She has made a 52-minute documentary that takes a look at six child actors from India. Titled Silent hues, the documentary is an attempt to look at the known and unarticulated thoughts of children, who act.

Rohini has tried to highlight the mindset of the makers of these child actors, the fathers and mothers through interviews. Silent Hues also seeks to address the politics of child actors through a subtle and yet intense rendering of scenes that dissolve from one to the other. The work has been produced and directed by Rohini for Raadha Swami Enterprises. This documentary means more than just a creative exercise for Rohini, who has been a child artist herself.

Having started her acting career at five, she has about 130 south Indian films to her credit. Being an activist of AIDS awareness, Rohini has also directed short films for MGR Medical University and Tamil Nadu AIDS Control Society. This film has been in the making for many years now. The documentary is expected to be screened later this month.