Harneet Singh, Senior Editor (Films), is fully filmi. She has imaginary conversations with Guru Dutt, Vijay Anand and Hrishikesh Mukherjee, still gets breathless when she watches Guide, or, Pyasa or, Anand; and believes the soundtrack of her life is sung by Geeta Dutt. Her love affair with cinema started at the age of three when she saw Mithun Chakraborty in Disco Dancer, at Prabhat Talkies, in Mirzapur. Singh, a senior assistant editor, won the Ramnath Goenka award for excellence in journalism, in 2009. She also likes the poems of Rumi, Ghalib, Gulzar and Neruda, loves watching cricket and is especially fond of Mahendra Singh Dhoni whom she lovingly addresses as 'MahiMan'. Her idea of happiness includes rain, thunderstorms, mountains and lots of coffee. Singh has been writing on films and film stars for this newspaper for over a decade. Cut!
January 10, 2011 04:48 IST
How girl-power movies and all-women starrers are replacing item songs
Mon, Jan 10, 2011
January 09, 2011 21:07 IST
For Bollywoods leading ladies,hitting 30 no longer means pack-up time.
Sun, Jan 09, 2011December 31, 2010 12:31 IST
The New Year translates into an Aamir Khan bonanza as the selective Khan has two films lined up for release. He plays a painter in wife Kiran Raos directorial debut,Dhobi Ghat,while in Reema Kagtis thriller,he plays an undercover cop.
Fri, Dec 31, 2010
December 26, 2010 14:28 IST
Do Dooni Chaar got critics talking. The box office has voted for Band Baaja Baaraat. Writer-director Habib Faisal is Bollywoods new voice of middle India.
Sun, Dec 26, 2010December 22, 2010 16:56 IST
A-Z of all that went up,down,over,under,side in Bollywood this year.
Wed, Dec 22, 2010
December 19, 2010 18:58 IST
Chashme Buddoor was the essential buddy flick of the 80s.
Sun, Dec 19, 2010December 17, 2010 21:07 IST
Band Baaja Baraat underscores yet again the power of word-of-mouth. The film opened to a lacklustre response but as favourable reviews started trickling in,the numbers increased.
Fri, Dec 17, 2010December 11, 2010 03:09 IST
Abhishek Bachchan and Hrithik Roshan are down,but far from out.
Sat, Dec 11, 2010
December 08, 2010 23:55 IST
Creating a global impact in 'Four Weddings and a Funeral',she truly arrived in her Oscar-nominated turn in 'The English Patient'.
Wed, Dec 08, 2010December 07, 2010 14:13 IST
Heres a lowdown of the latest controversies in Bollywood and their impact.
Tue, Dec 07, 2010December 07, 2010 07:38 IST
She created a global impact in Richard Curtis delightful Four Weddings and a Funeral but Kristin Scott Thomas truly arrived in her Oscar-nominated turn in The English Patient.
Tue, Dec 07, 2010
December 05, 2010 19:16 IST
Bindus item number,Prem Chopras animated villainy,Rajesh Khannas romantic gestures and Asha Parekhs tears. Kati Patang was the quintessential Bollydrama.
Sun, Dec 05, 2010
November 28, 2010 14:12 IST
She makes news for being friendly with Shah Rukh Khan as well as for falling out with him. She is campy and irreverent,and the only woman filmmaker who matters in Bollywood. Farah Khan,who is ready with her third film,Tees Maar Khan,on the tiff with one-time best friend SRK,her movies and her kind of moviemaking.
Sun, Nov 28, 2010
November 21, 2010 18:50 IST
A man and his fake moustache. Ram Prasad versus Lakshman Prasad. Utpal Dutt in a crackling role. Hrishikesh Mukherjees light-as-souffle film still tickles the funny bone.
Sun, Nov 21, 2010November 19, 2010 03:09 IST
Bollywoods new comedies are mindless fun. Wait,no,theyre just mindless.
Fri, Nov 19, 2010November 18, 2010 11:24 IST
Youve got to feel for the ladies. Being a Bollywood heroine is a tough job.
Thu, Nov 18, 2010
November 12, 2010 12:44 IST
A 35-year-old mother of a seven-year-old,Malaika Arora Khan is also the Shakira of item numbers.
Fri, Nov 12, 2010
November 07, 2010 13:56 IST
Tina Munim in a black scarf,reincarnated Rishi Kapoor and the original Om Shanti Om song. Subhash Ghais Karz is 30 years old and still a pop pick.
Sun, Nov 07, 2010
November 07, 2010 12:35 IST
Three years after Saawariya was hooted off the screen,Sanjay Leela Bhansali is back with Guzaarish. In an interview with Harneet Singh,he looks back at that debacle and defends his cinema from hyper-real characters to his fixation with disability. And why the colour blue. Excerpts:
Sun, Nov 07, 2010November 05, 2010 21:33 IST
Clearly,entertainment is the buzz word for the festive weekend. While the Vipul Shah- directed Action Replayy is a high-concept romcom about time travel,Golmaal 3 carries forward the Rohit Shetty brand of fun unlimited cinema.
Fri, Nov 05, 2010November 03, 2010 11:06 IST
When newlyweds Vivek Oberoi and Priyanka Alva were posing with guests at their reception,ex flame Aishwarya Rai was ringing in her birthday with the entire Bachchan clan.
Wed, Nov 03, 2010October 25, 2010 16:51 IST
The joke a few years back was that all actors in Bollywood have a PhD for running around trees.
Mon, Oct 25, 2010
October 24, 2010 15:52 IST
Bhola,Vidyapati and ek chatur naar. With the best comic talent of the 60s,Padosan was a roaring success.
Sun, Oct 24, 2010October 22, 2010 20:53 IST
The night shows of all films are suffering because big guns like Salman Khan,Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar are on television.
Fri, Oct 22, 2010
October 17, 2010 14:48 IST
She is a 35-year-old mother of a seven-year-old,she is also the Shakira of item numbers. What makes Malaika Arora Khan the ultimate Bollywood spice girl.
Sun, Oct 17, 2010




