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SHORTKUT to fare better with Anees Bazmee?

SHORTKUT-THE CON IS ON has flopped miserably and tongues have started wagging if writer-director Neeraj Vora was indeed the right choice for making the film. After all, the film was the remake of very successful Malayalam film UDAYANANU THARAM and it must have required some real bad rehash for this Akshaye-Arshad starrer to fare the way it has. Moreover, it is known fact that writer-director Anees Bazmee had first worked on re-writing the film to suit the sensibilities of Hindi speaking audiences before Neeraj Vora took over.

Chitrashi’s Short-kut to success!

Chitrashi Rawat, who wowed audiences with her rebellious act in ‘Chak De’ has decided to add another dimension to her character and has re-surfaced with a sassy, feisty, high spirited role in Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision’s ‘LUCK’ directed by Soham Shah.

ARSHAD WARSI GETS SLAPPED BY BAKUL THACKAR

On the sets of Neeraj Vohra’s ‘Shortkut’, an inevitable accident occurred; Arshad Warsi got slapped by the famous and versatile theatre actor Bakul Thackar, who has been getting great reviews for his performance in the movie. Well, this wasn’t just another tiff, but one of the scenes which got a bit…real!

No more Jashnn this week?

Bollywood seems to have taken to numerology in a big way. After all, how do you explain most film titles being ‘numerologically’ corrected these days with an added ‘extra’ alphabet or spelling the name ‘differently’. After Kambakkht Ishq and Shortkut last week, now comes JASHNN. (The initial publicity of the film was without the extra ‘N’ in the end).

Movie Review: Shortkut (2009)

Shortkut – The Con is on: Is an opportunity lost

Rating: 1.5 out of 5*

Starring: Akshaye Khanna, Arshad Warsi, Amrita Rao, Siddhant Randeria and Chunky Pandey

Director: Neeraj Vora

Shekhar (Akshaye) is a hardworking assistant director who is striving to become an independent writer director. He lives in a Mumbai chawl and all the chawl residents including the owner Kantibhai (Randeria) dote on him. Popular actress Mansi (Amrita) and Shekhar are in love but her gold digger parents are against their relationship. Shekhar finally manages to write the perfect script that would give him the golden break.

I never wanted to become a star: Arshad Warsi

Arshad Warsi is playing the lead in Shortkut but the actor says he never believed in taking any shortcuts in real life.

“I only take a Shortkut in the movie but not in real life. In fact I did not even take a shortcut to become a star. I never wanted to become a star. I got the role in my lap. People who take shortcuts in real life and are successful are the blessed ones. It may be the easiest way to success but then one wrong move and things may go for a toss,” he says.

Despite NEW YORK, disasters continue to dominate

Ok, so NEW YORK has been a huge success while coming weeks promise jumbo size entertainment as well, what with KAMBAKKTH ISHQ, SHORTKUT – THE CON IS ON, SANKAT CITY, JASHNN, LUCK, LOVE AAJ KAL, AGYAAT and KAMINEY arriving in quick succession. However, it would still be too early to forget some of the recent disasters that Bollywood has faced during the fortnight gone by.

I had no inhibitions going ultra glam: Amrita Rao

Amrita Rao’s new hot look for her upcoming film Shortkut has become the talk of the town. Even her hardest critics have been silenced by the élan with which she has carried her new alluring look sporting the most glamorous costumes. If you wondering how did an actress who was being termed to have a sati-savitri image carried the transformation so successfully?

Shortkut is yet another cheating of the audience?

Shortkut is yet another cheating of the audience?Just when we thought, Bollywood filmmakers have finally decided to experiment with new subjects and give something fresh to their loyal audience, here comes a film that not only has a ‘con’ in its title but also actually aims to con the audience with its lifted plot line from a successful Hollywood film titled Bowfinger (1999) starring Eddie Murphy, Steve Martin and Heather Graham. But what is more surprising is that this film, Shortkut – The Con is On is produced by none other than actor Anil Kapoor who is now Hollywood bound and has given a critically acclaimed film like Gandhi My Father.

Between ‘Musafir’ and ‘Shortkut’, Anil-Sanju turn ‘Mareez-E-Mohabbat’

It was way back in 2004 that Anil Kapoor and Sanjay Dutt were seen together in Sanjay Gupta directed ‘Musafir’. While Anil Kapoor was the lead protagonist of the film while being paired opposite Sameera Reddy, Sanjay Dutt was the ‘friendly’ villain of the piece and made sure that there was trouble in sight whenever he encountered Anil Kapoor.