as the River flows : masters and legends (IV)

January 18th, 2010 admin

Mr. Rajesh Parmar. Two time national award winning editor. The guy who refused to touch feature film after having an unpleasant experience as an assistant editor right in the beginning of his career and is happy doing documentary & ad film for the last 25 odd years. Many big time directors & production houses have tried to talk him out of his decisions  unsuccessfully. Hence many people were surprised – to say the least – when…


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