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Poonam Saxena is the national weekend editor of the Hindustan Times. She writes on cinema, television, culture and books
Articles by Poonam Saxena
Why Raj Kapoor’s was a wonderful world: A tribute by Poonam Saxena
Updated on Dec 13, 2025 06:32 pm IST
Smooth criminal: Poonam Saxena on the charm of Ajit, the unusual villain
Updated on Nov 01, 2025 05:08 pm IST
Insider exclusive: Poonam Saxena on Ba***ds of Bollywood and films about films
Updated on Oct 04, 2025 04:18 pm IST
Novel journeys: Poonam Saxena on the lost joys of the long-distance train ride
Updated on Sept 06, 2025 12:13 pm IST
An automatic life sentence: Poonam Saxena takes a fresh look at Aadhe Adhure
Updated on Aug 09, 2025 01:46 pm IST
A full-throttle flashback: Poonam Saxena on India’s early F1 film, Apradh
Updated on Jul 12, 2025 02:49 pm IST
Guru Dutt at 100: A Wknd tribute to a tortured artist and his enduring art
Updated on Jul 04, 2025 06:21 pm IST
Filmmaker Raj Khosla at 100: A tale of Dutt, dacoits and a double life
Updated on Jul 04, 2025 03:52 pm IST
A stroll down Jane street: Poonam Saxena on Austen as the ultimate comfort read
Updated on Jun 14, 2025 04:48 pm IST
How does it all go so pear-shaped?: Poonam Saxena writes on bonds with mothers
Updated on May 17, 2025 01:52 pm IST
Read herrings: Poonam Saxena celebrates Hindi crime writer Surendra Mohan Pathak
Updated on Apr 19, 2025 04:59 pm IST
A fluid legacy: Poonam Saxena on one of India’s earliest queer novels
Updated on Feb 15, 2025 11:04 pm IST
A trailblazer with a gentle touch: Poonam Saxena writes on Sai Pranjpye
Updated on Jan 04, 2025 03:04 pm IST
The BEST bus tales: Poonam Saxena, on 150 years of a Mumbai icon
Updated on Oct 19, 2024 02:33 pm IST
A master of the fractured narrative: Poonam Saxena on Bhisham Sahni
Updated on Aug 10, 2024 04:34 pm IST
Dialling up the nostalgia: Poonam Saxena on the rotary-dial telephone
Updated on Jul 27, 2024 07:11 pm IST
A queen of hearts: Poonam Saxena on Bridgerton,Regency romances, Georgette Heyer
Updated on Jun 29, 2024 04:21 pm IST
Another great showing at Cannes: A look back at Chetan Anand’s Neecha Nagar
Updated on Jun 01, 2024 03:32 pm IST
And then what happened...?: Poonam Saxena, on posthumous publications
Updated on May 04, 2024 04:24 pm IST
We had no camps, apps or even TV, but we had the best summers,says Poonam Saxena
Updated on Apr 06, 2024 05:19 pm IST
The mastery and mystery of Hindi’s first woman novelist, Mallika
Updated on Mar 09, 2024 07:23 pm IST
A different time, a different kind of love: Poonam Saxena in The Way We Were
Updated on Feb 10, 2024 10:59 pm IST
I wish there was more of the Delhi I knew, on celluloid: Poonam Saxena
Updated on Jan 13, 2024 03:30 pm IST
Pushpa Bharati’s ‘Yaadein, Yaadein! Aur Yaadein’ breaks mould of memory-writing
Published on Dec 25, 2023 12:37 pm IST
Code name - Blockbuster: Poonam Saxena on Bollywood’s infatuation with the spy
Updated on Dec 09, 2023 10:25 pm IST
Celebrating the jump-scare: A Bollywood Halloween list by Poonam Saxena
Updated on Oct 28, 2023 09:05 pm IST
