1. A method for detecting and monitoring of at least one object in a multimedia content, the method comprises: extracting at least one contour from the multimedia content using non-textural information in a segmented region within the multimedia content; computing a histogram for the extracted at least one contour in the segmented region of the selected multimedia content to represent an object shape based on the computed histogram; and determining an orientation change of the represented object shape within the segmented region of the multimedia content.