I’m Atikh Rashid, a journalist and a film history buff based in Pune.

This is my personal website.

As a journalist I cover a variety of beats for The Indian Express and indianexpress.com and am responsible for print-digital synergy for the Pune bureau.

I come from Parbhani district in Marathwada region of Maharashtra. Most of my schooling took place back in Beed/Parbhani after which I moved to Pune for higher-education and finished an undergraduate degree in Agricultural Sciences from College of Agriculture, Pune. While studying in Pune, I discovered my inclination towards journalism and audio-visual media and, after finishing the undergrad course, I enrolled myself into a journalism programme in New Delhi.

I have been working for The Indian Express for over nine years now.

I have a morbid interest for covering politics, cinema, media functioning, the role of religion in society. I am a cinephile and often write about independent cinema, film history and film heritage conservation.

Here, I publish longer or slightly altered versions of some of the stories that are published in the newspaper or the website. You may also find a few opinion pieces, occasionally.