Rachana Parulkar

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Rachana Parulkar
Born (1990-10-10) 10 October 1990 (age 33)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • dancer
Years active2009 – 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 . [1]

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Personal life

Parulkar is a trained Kathak dancer [2] and a student of Uma Dogra. She completed her training from Uma Dogra's School of Kathak. [3]

Career

Parulkar made her acting debut in 2009 with Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar portraying Savri Singh. [4] 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. [5] In 2012, she appeared in an episode of Gumrah as Kanak Dagar. [6]

Parulkar portrayal of Kalpana "Kalpi" Jadhav Singhania [7] in Ek Mutthi Aasmaan opposite Ashish Chaudhary from 2013 to 2014, proved as a major turning point in her career. [8]

Parulkar achieved further success with her portrayal of Maharani Ajabde Punwar [9] opposite Sharad Malhotra in Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap from 2014 to 2015. [10]

In 2019, she portrayed Parvati in Namah alongside Tarun Khanna. [11] She also appeared in an uncredited role in Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl .

Since 2022, Parulkar is seen portraying Shivani Pawar in Maddam Sir . [12]

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In UK-based newspaper Eastern Eye 's 50 Sexiest Asian Women List, Parulkar ranked 29th in 2014 [13] and ranked 40th in 2015. [14]

Filmography

Television

YearSerialRoleNotesRef.
2009 Saat Phere - Saloni Ka Safar Savri Singh [15]
Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil Rano
2010–2012 Sapnon Se Bhare Naina Akruti
2012 Gumrah Kanak DagarSeason 1 [16]
2013–2014 Ek Mutthi Aasmaan Kalpana "Kalpi" Jadhav Singhania [17]
2013 Doli Armaano Ki HerselfSpecial appearance
2014–2015 Bharat Ka Veer Putra – Maharana Pratap Maharani Ajabde Punwar [18]
2019 Namah Parvati
2022 Maddam Sir Shivani Pawar [12]

Films

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2020 Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl Un­knownUncredited role

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryWorkResultRef.
2013 Gold Awards Best Actress in a Lead Role Ek Mutthi Aasmaan Nominated

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