About Rachana Parekh

Rachana Parekh

After acquiring a degree in commerce, Rachana Parekh enrolled in journalism at Xavier’s Institute of Communication, Mumbai. And within no time the Gujju gal was reporting for a weekly suburban newspaper by Mid-Day. But the magic and masti of movies lured her to take up a job that required spending endless hours outside film studios, chasing the earthly celestial bodies and trying to demystify filmmaking with the moviemakers. It’s been over a decade the curly-haired has been passionately reporting and writing about the Hindi film industry. She learnt the ropes of film journalism at Cine Blitz, enhanced her skills at BollywoodLife dot com and, now, is determined to make good use of her experience for www.pandolin.com to create a platform for the little known heroes of the glitzy world. When she isn’t thinking about films, she’s indulging, sometimes overindulging in food, travel, books and people.

I am discovering a new self with Ghayal Once Again: Sunny Deol

By Rachana Parekh • Direction, E-Zine, Actor

Actor and filmmaker, Sunny Deol gets candid about his forthcoming film, Ghayal Once Again
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9 years ago

Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 – Reloaded with a Bolder Concept

By Rachana Parekh • Direction, E-Zine, Actor

Director Umesh Ghadge and actors Tusshar Kapoor & Aftab Shivdasani talk about Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3, which kicks off a season of adult comedies.
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9 years ago

Bajirao Mastani is completely my way of visual storytelling

By Rachana Parekh • Cinematography, E-Zine

In an exclusive chat, National Award-winning DOP Sudeep Chatterjee reveals what he conjured up to bring alive Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani
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9 years ago

Five things we learnt from Bollywood in 2015

By Rachana Parekh • POV

The year 2015 is done and dusted, and here’s what mindsets the Hindi film industry needs to ring out for a brighter and better future in the New Year.
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9 years ago

Don’t want to do a film if my heart is not 100% in it ~ Farhan Akhtar

By Rachana Parekh • E-Zine, Actor

Every time he faces the camera Farhan Akhtar makes you feel love and pain for the character. Now, he is set to catch the audience’s attention as a cop in Bejoy Nambiar’s …
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9 years ago

I wanted to organically and emotionally style clothes for the characters

By Rachana Parekh • Costume & Make-up, E-Zine

Indian couture designer Anju Modi talks about the love and labour that she put in creating clothes for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani
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9 years ago

Sanjay Leela Bhansali lets you heighten the drama through costumes

By Rachana Parekh • Costume & Make-up, E-Zine

Costume designer Maxima Basu gives us an exclusive peek into the conceptualization and execution of costumes for Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani.
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9 years ago

In television you can build the character every day

By Rachana Parekh • E-Zine, Writing

Writer Ritu Bhatia who has written the dialogues of the recent television show Bhaage Re Mann reveals the hard work and hardships involved in her art.
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