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Shortkut

Short Kut
Shortkut.jpg
Theatrical release poster
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
Release date
  • 10 July 2009 (2009-07-10)
Running time
156 minutes
Country India
Language Hindi
Shortkut
Soundtrack album by Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa
Released 17 June 2009
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label T-Series
Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani, Loy Mendonsa chronology
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Shortkut (also known as Short Kut: The Con Is On) is a 2009 Bollywood 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 to mostly negative reviews from critics.

The film was an uncredited remake of the blockbuster Malayalam film Udayananu Tharam starring Mohanlal.

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, 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.

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.

The soundtrack contains 4 original songs and 3 remixes.

Short Kut was panned by film critics in India as a poor comedy and a major disappointment.


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