Shortkut
Shortkut (also known as Short Kut: The Con Is On) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language comedy film directed by Neeraj Vora and produced by Anil Kapoor under Anil Kapoor Films Company. The film stars Akshaye Khanna, Arshad Warsi and Amrita Rao in lead roles. It released on 10 July 2009 worldwide[1] to mostly negative reviews from critics.
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| Directed by | Neeraj Vora |
| Produced by | Rajat Rawail Anil Kapoor Sunil Manchanda Rhea Kapoor Sanjay Dutt |
| Written by | Anees Bazmee |
| Starring | Akshaye Khanna Amrita Rao Arshad Warsi |
| Music by | Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy |
| Cinematography | Ashok Mehta Johny Lall Arvind Soni |
| Edited by | Rajiv Gupta |
| Distributed by | Viacom 18 Motion Pictures Anil Kapoor Films Company |
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Running time | 156 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
The film was an uncredited remake of the Malayalam-language film Udayananu Tharam starring Mohanlal.
Plot
The story focuses on Shekhar (Akshaye Khanna), who is currently an assistant director, hoping to write and direct his own movie soon. His friend Raju (Arshad Warsi) is a struggling actor who has been waiting for Shekhar to write a film script so he can star in. However, when Shekhar rejects him as the film's hero, Raju decides to steal Shekhar's film script and release the film under his own name. The film is released and turns out to be a blockbuster, leading Raju to stardom. Heartbroken Shekhar, at this time, is left by his girlfriend Mansi (Amrita Rao). Lack of confidence, Shekhar writes a new and better film script and wants to star Raju in it, however when Raju rejects the script, Shekhar decides to film the movie without Raju knowing he is in it. Shekhar and his low-budget film crew follow Raju around everywhere to complete their movie. Eventually, when the movie is finished, it turns out that Raju's role in the film was embarrassing and humiliating with him being cast in a villainous role, and turns Raju into a box office bomb. Shekhar's film succeeds and he is offered more movies. Raju turns into a flop, and decides to steal someone else's script.
Cast
- Akshaye Khanna as Shekhar Giriraj
- Arshad Warsi as Rajesh "Raju" (King Kumar)
- Amrita Rao as Mansi
- Chunky Pandey as Guru Kapoor
- Simi Garewal as Kuki
- Tiku Talsania as Tolani
- Siddharth Randeria as Kantibhai
- Ali Asghar as Vikram
- Sanjay Dutt as Himself, in a special appearance
- Anil Kapoor as Himself, in a special appearance
Soundtrack
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| Released | 17 June 2009 | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | T-Series | |||
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The film's soundtrack is composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani & Loy Mendonsa, with lyrics penned by Javed Akhtar. The song, "Patli Gali" was split into two versions in the film, even though only one version (including remix) was included in the soundtrack.
Track list
The soundtrack contains 4 original songs and 3 remixes.
| No. | Title | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Kal Nau Baje" | Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik | 4:19 |
| 2. | "Kyun Hota Hai Dil Deewana" | Shreya Ghoshal, Javed Ali | 3:04 |
| 3. | "Mareeze Mohabbat" | Kirti Sagatia, Shankar Mahadevan | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Patli Galli" | Shankar Mahadevan | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Patli Galli - 2" | Shankar Mahadevan | 1:05 |
| 6. | "Mareeze Mohabbat" (Remix) | Kirti Sagatia, Shankar Mahadevan | 3:58 |
| 7. | "Patli Galli" (Remix) | Shankar Mahadevan | 4:17 |
Reception
Short Kut was panned by film critics in India as a poor comedy and a major disappointment.[2][3][4]