Ananya Ghosh
Ananya Ghosh is an assistant editor with Hindustan Times Brunch. She has 10 years of experience as a journalist having worked as a copy editor/feature writer in various publications.
Articles by Ananya Ghosh
Years into filmmaking, Sudhir Mishra is back to the beginning
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON OCT 18, 2020 07:13 AM IST
The director’s movies are often social commentaries but he says the first duty of a filmmaker is towards his craft
HT Brunch Cover Story: Selfie slick with Ishaan Khatter
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON SEP 20, 2020 07:32 AM IST
Painters used to be the only people capable of self-portraiture, but now we are all at it. Actor Ishaan Khatter shoots innovative, self-timed selfies during lockdown, and asks: Do selfies signal the death of vanity?
HT Brunch Cover story: Sibling Revelry with Armaan and Amaal
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON SEP 06, 2020 07:40 PM IST
With armies of fans called Armaanians, Amaalians and Armaalians, are these brothers Bollywood musicians or independent rockstars?
Mickey Mehta’s 10 commandments of wellness
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON AUG 30, 2020 08:00 AM IST
He was 8 when he first began training his body. Today, at 58, fitness guru Mickey Mehta can put to shame fit guys 20 years his junior!
HT Brunch Cover Story: Vidya Balan— Stereotype slayer
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON AUG 23, 2020 03:51 PM IST
How Vidya Balan is crushing every Bollywood cliche in sight!
HT Brunch Cover story: Kabir Khan’s crossover politics
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON AUG 16, 2020 11:19 AM IST
Anecdotes from the life of a documentary filmmaker, who easily transformed into making Bollywood blockbusters. How did he strike the balance?
Personal Agenda: “My recent self-discovery has been that I’m a wannabe intellectual,” says Neil Bhoopalam
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON AUG 02, 2020 08:03 AM IST
The actor shares the funniest improv he has done on stage and tells us the one habit he wants to get rid of
HT Brunch Cover Story: Meet Anushka Sharma’s Cricketer No. 1
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON AUG 02, 2020 11:20 AM IST
Long before the actress met husband Virat Kohli, her elder brother Karnesh SSharma was the first sportsman she loved
Personal Agenda: “Home for me is where my song and heart reside,” says Kailash Kher
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUL 26, 2020 08:16 AM IST
The singer has an advice for his 14-year-old self and shares his secret skills
Rewind. Play. Nostalgia: Five actors pick their favourite serials from the ’90s
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUL 19, 2020 07:57 AM IST
With ’90s Hindi serials making a comeback, here’s a nostalgic trip down the memory lane
Fashion designer Michael Halpern’s Indian connect
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUL 05, 2020 10:00 AM IST
London’s newest glamour boy walks through a busy Mumbai flower market before lockdown and talks about his love for fashion and India.
Personal agenda: “I can cook, sing and I’m a good mime,” says cricketer Ajinkya Rahane
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUL 05, 2020 08:24 AM IST
The Indian batsman reveals his love for poha as he relives his Dombivali days
Personal agenda: “The sexiest quality in a man is his chivalry,” says Divyanka Tripathi
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUN 28, 2020 09:04 AM IST
The actress with a following of millions on social media that rivals Bollywood’s biggest stars answers some fun questions
Cinema: Whatever happened to Chandrachur Singh....
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON JUN 28, 2020 07:18 AM IST
As one of the most promising faces of the 1990s makes a comeback, we trace his disappearance and dramatic return
Personal agenda: “Feminism is equality in every sense,” says Jasleen Royal
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON JUN 21, 2020 03:13 AM IST
And, the singer also reveals she loves munching while making music!
HT Brunch Father’s Day Cover Story: The Yash and Roohi Show
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUN 21, 2020 01:23 AM IST
What’s made Karan Johar’s home videos with his three-year-old twins a hit during lockdown
When Sushant Singh Rajput recounted his journey from engineering to Bollywood in his own words: ‘I was huge fan of Shah Rukh Khan’
By As told to Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON JUN 14, 2020 11:25 PM IST
Sushant Singh Rajput always wanted to be an astronaut and even took up engineering at DCE, However, he left a scholarship at Stanford University behind, for career in Bollywood.
HT Brunch cover story: Vagina dialogues with Padma Lakshmi
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUN 15, 2020 10:43 AM IST
The former HT Brunch cover star highlights another women’s health issue: endometriosis
HT Brunch cover story: Every woman’s most personal problems
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON JUN 15, 2020 12:56 PM IST
Shruti Haasan details her battle with PCOS, a common, but largely under-addressed women’s sexual health problem. Plus! The embarrassing health issue Padma Lakshmi never talked about!
Personal Agenda: “The most Marathi thing about me is lavni music,” says Karsh Kale
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON JUN 14, 2020 01:12 AM IST
Plus, the musician says that the tabla was the first Indian musical instrument he has ever heard
Couple capers: Quick questions with Milind Soman and Ankita Konwar
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON MAY 31, 2020 12:47 AM IST
We put the couple on hot seat and fire a few rapid questions, check our how they fared!
Intimacy in the time of Corona
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON MAY 30, 2020 11:40 PM IST
Love, lust and fantasy take centre stage in Shobhaa De’s latest outing, penned during the pandemic
Personal Agenda with Kangana Ranaut: There is a perception that I am very impulsive and brash, but know what I am doing
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON MAY 31, 2020 01:26 AM IST
The actor talks about home and sustainability, and stresses that change is the only way forward
Personal Agenda with Shirley Setia: “To be a success on social media, you need to be yourself, be consistent and be real”
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON MAY 24, 2020 01:06 AM IST
The singer and actor who started her career by posting home-made videos on YouTube, dishes out secrets of the game
Going back to Godot: What is Naseeruddin Shah up to?
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON MAY 19, 2020 11:32 AM IST
The thespian is not a man to let the lockdown dampen his spirits, in fact he is already rehearsing his next play, albeit over Zoom calls!
Personal Agenda with Jonita Gandhi: The Breakup Song singer lets us in on her most personal details
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON MAY 03, 2020 03:20 AM IST
“At a live gig, you only have one chance to nail a song,” she confesses
Terms of engagement: Fernando Meirelles on the changing dynamics of filmmaking
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON MAY 02, 2020 09:49 PM IST
The movie-viewing experience will go through a tectonic shift in the post-pandemic world. The Cidade de Deus director terms it as necessary evolution
A tribute to Irrfan Khan
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2020 12:36 PM IST
My movie marathon with the actor, and the stories behind the stories
Personal Agenda with Arunoday Singh: “The most dramatic thing I’ve done? I serenaded a girl by singing Frank Sinatra under her balcony!”
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
PUBLISHED ON APR 26, 2020 12:05 AM IST
The actor and poet feels happy that social media has helped his poems to be loved and appreciated by many without waiting for some publisher to find him good enough to publish
HT Brunch Cover Story: What makes Yami and Surilie Gautam soul sisters
By Ananya Ghosh | Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON APR 19, 2020 05:47 AM IST
Quarantined in different cities, these siblings have turned their separation anxiety into a big party, and you can too!