Shortkut Dvd

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 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 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