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!

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‘‘Aapka naam kya hai.’’ Till five days ago, getting this simple sentence right was all that she was worried about. Never...
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In his first high-profile outing after Abu Salem and the Mumbai bomb blast cases hit headlines again, Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt said every...
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Despite feverish hype around Brazilian film, Olga, the Golden Peacock went to Iran.On the concluding day of the 36th International Film Fest...
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November 27, 2005 01:16 IST
The world premiere of Rahul Dholakia’s Parzania—based on true story of a Parsi family whose 10-year-old son went missing after the...
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November 25, 2005 03:19 IST
An evergreen superstar, the gentle giant of regional cinema, a starlet from across the border and two leading ladies of Bollywood: the openi...
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On May 25, the day of Sunil Dutt’s death, Bollywood was present in force at Nargis Dutt Road.On Tuesday, after Priya Dutt’s landsl...
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In Los Angeles, film-maker Rajiv Rai was turning in for the night when we told him about Abu Salem and Monica Bedi’s extradition. ‘...
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October 30, 2005 00:00 IST
You made Priyadarshan wait for four years before agreeing to Garam Masala.Yeah, in a way. Priyan narrated the script four years ago and was ...
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September 11, 2005 01:19 IST
Starlet Preeti Jain (she prefers Pretti Jaiin) made all her phone calls from the neighbourhood PCO booth, despite having a cellphone.To Jain...
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September 11, 2005 00:00 IST
Are you disappointed with the failure of your first Bollywood film Nazar?Not at all. I don’t bother with the box office. Amitabh Bachch...
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August 28, 2005 00:00 IST
What prompted you to sign Nagesh Kukunoor’s Iqbal?Nagesh has been a good friend since Teen Deewarein. Also, Iqbal is about cricket, whi...
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August 21, 2005 00:00 IST
A LOT can change in seven years. Ketan Mehta’s last screen outing was the 1997 dud Aar Ya Paar. Though critics came all daggers drawn, ...
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August 09, 2005 02:10 IST
It began like any other day. I had my glass of Bournvita and ran barefoot on the lawns of Manavta Niwas, my house in Mirzapur, eastern Uttar...
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Isn’t Barsaat your first love triangle?Absolutely. Imagine that. I’ve been here four years now and haven’t been part of a typ...
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July 03, 2005 00:00 IST
We heard there were problems on the sets of Paheli. That you had to take charge as the team had issues with director Amol Palekar.I don’...
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Was it your idea or Salman Khan’s to involve Katrina Kaif in Maine Pyar Kyun Kiya?It was between us. If I’d said no, Salman wouldn...
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Now you can buy Aishwarya Rai at the flower shop. The Netherlands Board of Tourism and Conventions named a red-yellow and orange tulip after...
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Did your parents give you anything special after Dhoom?No. Why should they?Because it was your first hit after 14 flops.So? I always have th...
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May 22, 2005 00:00 IST
How many ideas do you get in a day?My mind is like a volcano. I am continuously recycling the world that I’m exposed to. I have always ...
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May 15, 2005 00:00 IST
You hate interviews, don’t you?(Grimaces) I don’t mind —as long as they are good.Good to you?As long as they are fair to me. ...
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May 01, 2005 00:00 IST
Where did you vanish for a year?The kind of movies I do take tremendous preparation. Also, after a line-up like Bhoot, Pinjar and Ek Hasina ...
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April 28, 2005 00:00 IST
A remix queen finds herself starring in a red underwear in a lewd MMS. A starlet cries foul about a fake Yahoo profile that describes her as...
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