Rajeev Masand

Rajeev Masand

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Rajeev Masand Biography

Rajeev Masand is a well-known film critic of Bollywood. He is also a television host and entertainment reporter for CNN-IBN. His reviews are shown in his weekend show "Now Showing". He started his career as a reporter at the age of 16 and now one of the well-known and reputed anchors of Indian television. He hosted ‘Masand ki Pasand’ for STAR News in 2003. He became popular as a Bollywood film critic. His film ratings are listed in all leading web pages and Wikipedia pages of newly released Bollywood movies. ‘Now Showing’ and ‘To Catch a Star’ are the popular shows he hosts for CNN-Indian Broadcasting Network. He also runs the series, Masand's Verdict on the channel website. Now he is busy with publishing his first book.

 

He is a graduate from Mumbai University. He started his career as a reporter with Times of India at the age of 16. Assistant Editor of The Indian Express, Special Correspondent and Film Critic at Star News, and Entertainment Editor and Film Critic at CNN-IBN are the major posts held by him till now. He hosts 2 eponymous film shows on Indian television, perhaps the only Indian anchor with this recognition. He writes a monthly column for the leading film magazine -Talk Movies and is also a contributing Editor for GQ India. He also interviews celebrities for his successful film shows.

 

This leading media person has completed 16 years in the industry. He has been awarded ‘Best Entertainment Critic’ by the National Television (NT) Awards thrice – for the years 2008, 2010 and 2011. A movie geek, he has rated movies irrespective of its producers and other factors.

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Updated: September 05, 2014

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