Short Kut

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.

Short Kut
Theatrical release poster
Directed byNeeraj Vora
Produced byRajat Rawail
Anil Kapoor
Sunil Manchanda
Rhea Kapoor
Sanjay Dutt
Written byAnees Bazmee
StarringAkshaye Khanna
Amrita Rao
Arshad Warsi
Music byShankar-Ehsaan-Loy
CinematographyAshok Mehta
Johny Lall
Arvind Soni
Edited byRajiv Gupta
Distributed byViacom 18 Motion Pictures
Anil Kapoor Films Company
Release date
  • 10 July 2009 (2009-07-10)
Running time
156 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

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

Soundtrack

Short Kut
Soundtrack album by
Released17 June 2009
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelT-Series
Shankar Ehsaan Loy chronology
Luck by Chance
(2009)
Short Kut
(2009)
13B
(2009)

The film's soundtrack is composed by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and 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 four original songs and three remixes.

No.TitleSinger(s)Length
1."Kal Nau Baje"Sonu Nigam, Alka Yagnik4:19
2."Kyun Hota Hai Dil Deewana"Shreya Ghoshal, Javed Ali3:04
3."Mareeze Mohabbat"Kirti Sagatia, Shankar Mahadevan4:04
4."Patli Galli"Shankar Mahadevan3:35
5."Patli Galli - 2"Shankar Mahadevan1:05
6."Mareeze Mohabbat" (Remix)Kirti Sagatia, Shankar Mahadevan3:58
7."Patli Galli" (Remix)Shankar Mahadevan4:17

Reception

Short Kut was panned by film critics in India as a poor comedy and a major disappointment.[2][3][4]

References

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