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Shortkut is a young heart warming slice of life comedy about the trials and tribulations of two con artists, a struggling director and actor and the zany situations they face in the pursuit of their tinsel town dreams!
Shekhar (Akshaye Khanna), an aspiring assistant director, and Chandu (Arshad Warsi), a wannabe junior artiste, meet each other while struggling to make it in the film industry. While Shekhar is supremely talented and confident, Chandu is a buffoon and a non actor who thinks he is God’s gift to Bollywood!
As luck would have it, Chandu manages to steal Shekhar’s prized script and is catapulted to super stardom. Following this incident, Shekhar plunges into a phase of self pity and dejection, which results in his wife Mansi (Amrita Rao) leaving him! Shattered, Shekhar is now looking for that golden chance to get even with Chandu.
What follows is an absolutely hilarious tale of con, deceit, super stardom and subsequent fall.
Shot in picturesque Thailand, Shortkut comes with a generous dose of splitting laughter and emotions that tug at your heartstrings.
It comes from the production house of veteran actor, Anil Kapoor (Slumdog Millionaire) after the critical success of Gandhi My Father, and from director Neeraj Vora, whose erstwhile venture, Phir Hera Pheri was a smash hit at the box office.
Cast : Akshaye Khanna,Arshad Warsi,Amrita Rao,Chunkey Pandey
Crew
Cinematographer : Ashok Mehta
Publicity Designer : Studio 18
Story Writer : Anees Bazmee
Costume Designer : Manish Malhotra
Director : Neeraj Vora
Producer : Anil Kapoor
Banner : Indian Films,Anil Kapoor Film Company
Music
Music Director : Loy Mendonsa,Ehsaan Noorani,Shankar Mahadevan
Playback Singer : Hrishikesh Kamerkar,Nikita Nigam,Javed Ali,Alka Yagnik,Shreya Ghosal,Shankar Mahadevan,Sonu Nigam
Lyricist : Javed Akhtar
Music Company : T-Series
Previews :
It has been a long time since a comedy flick made your sides split, right! Coming to end the draught is Anil Kapoor's production 'SHORT KUT - THE CON IS ON'. Shot in the charming locales of Thailand, the movie promises to provide you the correct dose of humor, combined with emotions that will tug at your heartstrings. It has been directed by Neeraj Vora and will be released on 10th July 2009, under the banners 'Anil Kapoor Film Company' and 'Indian Films'. The music for SHORT KUT has been provided by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa, while Javed Akhtar is the lyricist. The star cast of this comedy film includes Akshaye Khanna, Arshad Warsi, Amrita Rao and Chunkey Pandey. Anil Kapoor along with Sanjay dutt will grace the film in cameos (Synopsis) SHORTKUT is a heart-warming, young slice-of-life comedy about the trials and tribulations of two con artists, a struggling director and actor and the zany situations they face in the pursuit of their tinsel-town dreams!Set in Bollywood, SHORTKUT tells the story of two strugglers, one who makes it big as a Superstar (Raju - Arshad Warsi) after stealing the script, and the other whose struggle as a director (Shekhar - Akshaye Khanna) continues after the script gets stolen. Things get really interesting when reigning actress mansi's (Amrita Rao) romantic involvement with Shekhar gets culminated into a marriage while her professional interactions with Raju begin.To add the chaos, destiny again brings Raju and Shakhar face to face, when Shekhar is set to direct his first film, with Superstar Raju.What follows is not the clash of the egos, and immense commotion building up to a fun-filled confusion. What happens next as the real life drama of reel unfolds is the crux of the plot of SHORTKUT.Featuring Amrita Rao's make-over into a hot bombshell, SHORT KUT comes with a generous dose of laughs as well as emotions that will pull your heart strings and keep you glued to your seat! Cast Details: Akshaye Khanna is Shekhar. Quiet yet intense, immensely talented low key... how aptly these adjectives fit the actor as well as the characters he plays in the film. Shekhar's value system is sound and his fundas in life are very clear - come what way, there are no shortcuts to success. And if you have a dream, protect it. Arshad Warsi - Arshad Warsi is Raju; He bluffs his way out of trouble and comes across as a good for nothing harmless fellow. known for his out and out comedy, Arshad bring out a dark edginess to his loud mouthed character. Amrita Rao - Amrita Rao is Mansi. Behind her petite delicate frame hides a core of steel. For it needs immense strength to give up a starry career when you are at the top, and even more strength to walk out on your family to be with the man you love.
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