Short Kut

Short Kut
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Neeraj Vora
Written by	Anees Bazmee
Based on	Udayananu Tharam (Malayalam)
Produced by	Rajat Rawail Anil Kapoor Sunil Manchanda
Starring	Akshaye Khanna Amrita Rao Arshad Warsi
Cinematography	Ashok Mehta Johny Lal Arvind Soni
Edited by	Rajiv Gupta
Music by	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Production company	Anil Kapoor Film Company Private Limited
Distributed by	Indian Films
Release date	10 July 2009 (2009-07-10)
Running time	156 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

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 was released on 10 July 2009 worldwide to mostly negative reviews from critics.

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 movies soon. His friend Raju (Arshad Warsi) is a struggling actor who has been waiting on Shekhar to write a film script so he can star in his movie. However, when Shekhar rejects him as the film's leading role, Raju decides to steal Shekhar's film script, star in the movie himself and release it without crediting Shekhar. The film is released and it turns out to be a blockbuster, propelling Raju to overnight stardom. Heartbroken Shekhar, now experiences a break-up with his girlfriend Mansi (Amrita Rao). Nonetheless, 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 ever knowing that he is in it. Shekhar and his low-budget film crew follow Raju around everywhere to complete their movie covertly. Eventually, when the movie is released, Raju's role in the film attracts embarrassment and humiliation but the film itself succeeds and Shekhar finally enjoys a taste of success in the film industry. In the end, an unfazed Raju decides not to change his ways but to again steal someone else's script.

Cast

• Arshad Warsi as Rajesh "Raju" (King Kumar)
• Akshaye Khanna as Shekhar Giriraj
• Amrita Rao as Mansi
• Chunky Pandey as Guru Kapoor
• Tiku Talsania as Tolani
• Siddharth Randeria as Kantibhai
• Ali Asghar as Vikram “Vicky”, Mansi's brother
• Anil Kapoor as himself
• Sanjay Dutt as himself

Soundtrack

Short Kut
Soundtrack album by Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy
Released	17 June 2009
Genre	Feature film soundtrack
Label	T-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 Galli" was split into two versions in the film, even though only one version was included in the soundtrack.

Track list

The soundtrack contains four original songs and three remixes.

No.	Title	Artist(s)	Length
1.	"Patli Galli"	Shankar Mahadevan	3:31
2.	"Kyun Hota Hai Dil Deewana"	Shreya Ghoshal, Javed Ali	3:35
3.	"Kal Nau Baje"	Alka Yagnik, Sonu Nigam	4:13
4.	"Mareeze Mohabbat"	Nikita Nigam, Keerthi Sagathia, Hrishikesh Kamerkar, Shankar Mahadevan	3:59
5.	"Patli Galli" (Remix)	Shankar Mahadevan, DJ Nasha, Nucleya	4:14
6.	"Mareeze Mohabbat" (Remix)	Nikita Nigam, Keerthi Sagathia, Hrishikesh Kamerkar, Shankar Mahadevan, DJ Nasha	3:54

Reception

Short Kut was panned by film critics in India and considered a major disappointment.

External links

• Short Kut: The Con Is On at IMDb