Rachana Parulkar
{{short description|Indian television actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rachana Parulkar
| image =
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|10|10|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bombay, Maharashtra, India
| occupation = {{hlist|Actress|dancer}}
| nationality =
| years_active = 2009 – present
| known for = Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar
Ek Mutthi Aasmaan
Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap
}}
Rachanaa Parulkar is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut in 2009 with Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar portraying Savri Singh. Parulkar is best known for her portrayal of Kalpana Jadhav Singhania in Ek Mutthi Aasmaan and Maharani Ajabde Punwar in Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap.{{Cite web|title=Rachana Parulkar aka Maharani Ajabde is crazy about M&M’s!|access-date=20 May 2018|work=The Times Of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/rachana-parulkar-is-crazy-about-mms/articleshow/46154318.cms}}
Personal life
Parulkar is a trained Kathak dancer{{Cite web|title=Three-day Antarang festival in Hyderabad regaled city’s Kathak admirers|date=7 March 2018|work=The Times Of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/hyderabad/three-day-antarang-festival-regaled-citys-kathak-admirers/articleshow/63188155.cms}} and a student of Uma Dogra. She completed her training from Uma Dogra's School of Kathak.{{cite web|last1=Denishua|first1=HPA|title=School of Kathak {{!}} Uma Dogra|url=http://www.umadogra.com/cms/?page_id=24|website=umadogra.com}}
Career
Parulkar made her acting debut in 2009 with Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar portraying Savri Singh.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/call-me-saawri-rachna-parulkar/articleshow/4436305.cms|title=Rachana Parulkar on Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar: Call me Saawari|access-date=10 June 2018|work=The Times Of India}} She then appeared as Rano in Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil, the same year.
From 2010 to 2012, she portrayed Akruti in Sapnon Se Bhare Naina alongside Dishank Arora.{{Cite web|title=आम लड़की की कहानी है पार्वती वजे, गौरव बजाज और रचना पारुलकर का नया धारावाहिक 'सपनों से भरे नैना'|url=https://www.bhaskar.com/news/PUN-AMR-MAT-latest-amritsar-news-042509-1586260-NOR.html|work=Dainik Bhaskar|access-date=2 June 2018}} In 2012, she appeared in an episode of Gumrah as Kanak Dagar.{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/photo/songs-serials-daily-soaps-na-bole-tum-na-maine-kuch-kaha-364485-2012-01-04|title=Popular Hindi songs, now titles of TV shows: From Bade Achhe Lagte Hain to Sapnon Se Bhare Naina|website=India Today|access-date=2 June 2018}}
Parulkar portrayal of Kalpana "Kalpi" Jadhav Singhania{{Cite web|title=Rachana Parulkar & newbie Shirini Singh as leads in Ek Mutthi Aasmaan|work=Times Of aindia|access-date=5 July 2019|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/saath-phere-ek-mutthi-aasmaan-shirini-singh-zee-tv-zee-rishtey-awards/articleshow/25694822.cms}} in Ek Mutthi Aasmaan opposite Ashish Chaudhary from 2013 to 2014, proved as a major turning point in her career.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/tv/hindi/new-twist-in-ek-mutthi-aasmaan/videoshow/36113905.cms|title=New twist in Rachana Parulkar and Ashish Chaudhary's ‘Ek Mutthi Aasmaan’|date=5 June 2014|website=Times Of India}}
Parulkar achieved further success with her portrayal of Maharani Ajabde Punwar{{Cite web|date=2015-08-01|title=Rachana Parulkar excited over new look in ‘…Maharana Pratap’|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/rachana-parulkar-excited-over-new-look-in-maharana-pratap/|access-date=2021-05-31|website=The Indian Express|language=en}} opposite Sharad Malhotra in Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap from 2014 to 2015.{{Cite web|title=Consummation scene tough to enact: Rachana Parulkar on Maharana Pratap|access-date=2021-05-31|website=The Indian Express|language=en|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/television/consummation-scene-tough-to-enact-rachana-parulkar/lite/}}
In 2019, she portrayed Parvati in Namah alongside Tarun Khanna.{{Cite web|title=Rachana Parulkar is the new Parvati after Chhavi Pandey quits show - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/rachana-parulkar-is-the-new-parvati-after-chhavi-pandey-quits-show/articleshow/71718221.cms|access-date=2021-05-31|website=The Times of India|language=en}} She also appeared in an uncredited role in Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl.
From 2022 to 2023, she portrayed Shivani Pawar in Maddam Sir.{{Cite web|title=Rachanaa Parulkkar, Praachi Bohra and Sulbha Arya to join SAB TV's Maddam Sir|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/rachanaa-parulkkar-praachi-bohra-and-sulbha-arya-to-join-maddam-sir/articleshow/94555439.cms|access-date=1 October 2022|work=Times Of India}}
Media image
In UK-based newspaper Eastern Eye{{'}}s 50 Sexiest Asian Women List, Parulkar ranked 29th in 2014{{Cite web|title=Priyanka Chopra is crowned the world's sexiest asian woman 2014|work=Hindustan Times|date=4 December 2014|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/priyanka-chopra-is-crowned-the-world-s-sexiest-asian-woman/story-ARyGrNHn7dpKSJgTyL5k8M_amp.html}} and ranked 40th in 2015.{{Cite web |title=Meet the Sexiest Asian Women of 2015 |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/meet-the-sexiest-asian-women/20151210.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510223605/https://m.rediff.com/amp/movies/report/meet-the-sexiest-asian-women/20151210.htm |archive-date=10 May 2013 |access-date=15 May 2016 |work=Rediff |url-status=live}}
Filmography
= Television =
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Serial ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |
| rowspan="2"|2009
| Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar | Savri Singh | |
| Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil
| Rano | | |
| 2010–2012
| Akruti | | |
| 2012
|Kanak Dagar |Season 1 |
| 2013–2014
| Kalpana "Kalpi" Jadhav Singhania | |
| 2013
| Herself |Special appearance | |
| 2014–2015
|Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap | |
| 2019
| Namah | Parvati | | |
| 2022-2023
| Shivani Pawar | |
| 2025–present
| Priya Rudra Shekhawat | |
=Films=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes ! Ref. |
| 2020
|Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl |{{unknown}} |Uncredited role | |
Awards and nominations
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!Year !Award !Category !Work !Result !Ref. |
| 2013
|{{nom}} | |
References
External links
- {{IMDb name|9892161|Rachana Parulkar}}
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