Saturday, May 21, 2011

Rajeev Masand: The Unprofessional A-list Actor


Rajeev Masand's blind item for this week's Open Magazine post is a lot easier to guess than last week's:
As Unprofessional As Ever
Notorious for his unprofessional on-set behaviour, this A-list male star has been claiming that he’s turned over a new leaf. The unexpected runaway success of his pet project last year may have given him a confidence boost, but despite his claims insiders say he’s still very much the spoilt brat. The actor still doesn’t show up before 2 pm for a 9 am shift, and once on set, allegedly changes scenes and dialogues if he doesn’t think they work. It isn’t unusual for him to literally ‘take over’ the action sequences from the director, and to plan them and execute them himself with some help from the action director.

The cameraman of his most recent film reveals that the star has very little patience when it comes to lighting up a shot. “When I asked for an hour in between shots to light up the next, he threw a fit and threatened to leave if I was going to waste his time,” the troubled technician reveals. The actor is believed to have added dismissively: “That’s what colour-correction is for. Fix the lighting in post-production.”
There are rumours that the actor is personally supervising the editing of the film, taking crucial decisions over the director. The film’s producer, an old friend of the star, has allegedly given him carte blanche on the project, thereby alienating other technicians, including the exasperated director who isn’t thrilled about being forced to take a backseat.

8 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 21, 2011

    LOL I met Salman Khan before and he is an absolute sweetheart.

    Someone get this Rajeev Masand a job or something. He's a moron.

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  2. AnonymousMay 21, 2011

    i dont understand why masand is after salman khan and family. is it some sort of personal clash which is is bringing out using his media credentials. it is obviously salman khan he is talking about. he is the one always late on the sets but he always makes it up one way or other and this is what most the people working with him say. he himself has admitted to this fact that he isn't punctual at all. but the tantrums... we ll may be afterall he is a human and Being Human means doing such things sometimes :p

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  3. AnonymousMay 21, 2011

    Salam khan is a moron I am glad someone finally wrote about him . Rajeeve masand u rock !!!!

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  4. AnonymousMay 21, 2011

    Of course its the women beater, drunk driver Salman Khan..maybe the cops should have kept him in for longer in Rajasthan.

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  5. AnonymousMay 21, 2011

    Salman is a psycho. No wonder every one runs away from marrying him.

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  6. AnonymousMay 21, 2011

    Salman "the gunda" Khan! It's a wonder why the people of India like him?? HE's such a bully! And a short sized one too hahaha

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  7. AnonymousMay 21, 2011

    Give Masand some job... reading him is such a waste of time, I wont read him his blog ever again.

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  8. AnonymousMay 21, 2011

    By now we all have came to understand that Rajeev Masand has something personal against Salman, But does anyone care abt what he says. He is just making a fool of himself desparetly trying to shove these stories down our throats

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