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!

April 24, 2005 00:00 IST
Main Aisa Hi Hoon is an important role for you.Yes, that’s true. I’ve worked very hard for this role. I’ve never played a spe...
Sun, Apr 24, 2005
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Blame it on the 75th anniversary of the Dandi March, but Bollywood is all set to repackage India’s biggest and most credible brand.Moha...
Sun, Apr 10, 2005
April 06, 2005 02:36 IST
When Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa rubished actor Vivek Oberoi’s tsunami aid in Devanampattinam village of Cuddalore distric...
Wed, Apr 06, 2005
March 27, 2005 00:00 IST
If you happen to live around Mumbai’s Bandra Bandstand, chances are you’ll spot Salman Khan riding one of his two new loves. Khan&...
Sun, Mar 27, 2005
March 13, 2005 00:00 IST
Why the self-imposed exile from the media?Hey, that’s not true. It’s just that I have been travelling and shooting constantly. I d...
Sun, Mar 13, 2005
February 27, 2005 00:00 IST
Is Bewafaa a rehash of Gumraah?No. Like they say at the start of a movie, any resemblance to any other film is purely coincidental. So, let&...
Sun, Feb 27, 2005
February 20, 2005 00:00 IST
Who made a better Michelle McNally in Black, Rani or you?I don’t know. Rani is really good. I can’t say anything about myself beca...
Sun, Feb 20, 2005
January 30, 2005 00:00 IST
Sanjay Leela Bhansali and you seem to have formed a mutual admiration society. He says that you have done in Black what you haven’t don...
Sun, Jan 30, 2005
January 25, 2005 00:00 IST
Michael Douglas confesses he’s “hardly a Bollywood expert,” but he has a theory about why Indian films don’t do well int...
Tue, Jan 25, 2005
January 23, 2005 00:00 IST
What prompted you to open your acting school, Actor Prepares?I’d been wanting to do this for many years because I feel we don’t h...
Sun, Jan 23, 2005
January 09, 2005 00:00 IST
Are you over the failure of Yaadein?Let me tell you, Yaadein made more money than Taal in the Mumbai territory. It’s just that instead ...
Sun, Jan 09, 2005
January 07, 2005 01:35 IST
It was a quiet morning in Port Blair. After shooting non-stop for over 17 hours, the 70-odd crew members of Nagesh Mishra’s forthcoming...
Fri, Jan 07, 2005
January 02, 2005 00:00 IST
You refer to yourself as an auteur. Isn’t that very Allenish?It’s because I write my own stories. Even Raincoat was originally wri...
Sun, Jan 02, 2005
December 13, 2004 01:01 IST
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan today said he felt at the ‘‘lowest and worst as an entertainer’’ after the blast during hi...
Mon, Dec 13, 2004
November 28, 2004 00:00 IST
Do guys proposition you?All the time. It happens to every woman. The best come-on line?I have a Delhi fan who couriered a collage of my pict...
Sun, Nov 28, 2004
November 07, 2004 00:00 IST
There’s a new TV serial with your name (Kareena Kareena). How does that make you feel?I feel very important. Whenever I switch on Zee T...
Sun, Nov 07, 2004
October 17, 2004 00:00 IST
How do you introduce yourself ?I say that I’m Govind Menon, a Mallu in exile. Why are you in exile?Because the north Indians have taken...
Sun, Oct 17, 2004
October 15, 2004 02:21 IST
It’s confirmed. Actor Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh have decided to file for divorce. Khan, who is back in Mumbai after two months, sa...
Fri, Oct 15, 2004
October 10, 2004 02:24 IST
Devdas finally has something to smile about.Two of Bollywood’s most celebrated matinee idols who have immortalised the alcoholic loverb...
Sun, Oct 10, 2004
September 19, 2004 00:00 IST
How do you analyse the failure of Rakht?God knows. It’s a well made film. Maybe the timing was wrong. Even Salman (Khan)’s film Di...
Sun, Sep 19, 2004
September 12, 2004 00:00 IST
They say you had a boob job for Rakht.My sister Malaika and I are healthy girls who have made our bodies proportionate by gymming. But we...
Sun, Sep 12, 2004
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