^ "About « Rajeev Masand – movies that matter : from bollywood, hollywood and everywhere else".^ "CNN-IBN to launch third season of To Catch a Star".^ "CNN-IBN lines up various specials to bied adieu to 2006".Archived from the original on 27 October 2008. Archived from the original on 21 September 2008. ^ Rajeev Masand Retrieved 12 October 2017.Actor Manoj Bajpayee and filmmaker Apurva Asrani also called out Masand over his blind items on Rajput. Masand has been accused by actress Kangana Ranaut of writing blind items (in which details are reported without identifying the people involved or revealing sources) to discredit Rajput. Masand was called for questioning by Mumbai Police in connection with Sushant Singh Rajput's death. Īdditionally, he writes as an entertainment-industry columnist for several publications, such as Open Magazine, Firstpost, News18, The Quint and for his own website, .Īmong other recognitions, Masand was thrice awarded ‘Best Entertainment Critic’ by the National Television (NT) Awards, in 2008, 20. He also has a popular YouTube channel, where he posts weekly his film reviews (filmed as CNN-News18's 'Now Showing' segments, which are also posted concurrently to their channel) and regular interviews with key figures in the entertainment industry (both Indian and occasionally International), mostly actors and directors.
He also became the host of CNN-IBN's entertainment series, To Catch a Star.
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In 2005, Masand moved to CNN-IBN where he is currently the film critic and runs an ongoing video reviews series on the CNN-IBN website, Masand's Verdict.
In January 2003, he joined STAR News as a special correspondent and as the host of Masand Ki Pasand. He later became assistant editor at The Indian Express. College of Commerce and Economics and graduated from Mumbai University, Masand started reporting at the age of 16 at The Times of India newspaper. He usually reviews Bollywood films and major Hollywood films released in India in his weekend show Now Showing. He has worked for Noida based English language news channel CNN-Indian Broadcasting Network (CNN-IBN). Rajeev Masand is a former Indian film critic. College of Commerce and Economics and Mumbai University