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1. INDIATIMES MOVIES by Gaurav Malani
There is no short cut to success is what this film intends to convey taking a very long route. Sadly, at the very outset, producer Anil Kapoor attempts to take a shortcut by choosing to (officially) remake a Malayalam film Udayananu Tharam (Mohanlal, Sreenivasan) which in turn is a (unofficial) spin-off on the Hollywood flick Bowfinger (Steve Martin, Eddie Murphy).
The film is Indianized with an additional sub-plot of how a non-actor (Arshad Warsi) turns an overnight superstar by stealing the script of an assistant director (Akshaye Khanna). Ironical that a film that centers on stealing of a script is itself a take-off of another film!
More irony unveils as the film goes on to highlight the significance of terms like script, storyboard, Stanislavsky and world cinema in filmmaking while actually giving no regards to any, indulging in self-mockery. Akshaye Khanna’s writer’s block appears more as if he’s stuck up in solving some math numerical. Every time he gets an ending to his story, he screams out saying ‘I got my climax’, which sounds suggestive with cheesy connotations.
The derived screenplay is patchy and its shows as writer Neeraj Vora struggles to script weak characters and weaker conflicts. Picture this – the assistant director gets married to superstar Mansi (Amrita Rao) and his chawl neighbours gift him a palatial flat. The graph goes flat as the story turns towards matrimonial disharmony with Mansi soon giving up on her chauvinistic husband. ..read full review
2. Indya.com by Janhvi Patel/Hill Road Media
I didnt have great expectations from Short Kut since I knew first hand and StarBoxOffice was the first to break the story about how it is a rip-off of the Hollywood film Bowfinger. Worse, when you dread watching a film you know will be lame, its intolerable cruelty. This Short Kut will only take you downhill with its canned laughs. Why did Anil Kapoor produce such a film? What did he see in it? Did he think they were making a Bowfinger equal?
Akshaye Khanna plays Shekhar, a talented AD turned script-writer-director. Arshad Warsi plays Raju aka Rajesh Kumar, a much-hated and feared wannabe who takes short cuts to success. Tiku Talsania is Mr. Tolani, a producer, Amrita Rao is superstar Mansi in love with Shekhar. Raju steals Shekhar's script and stars in a film based on it. Chunky Pandey plays Kapoor, Raju's manager The film is a hit and he becomes a star. Shekhar is devastated but decides to take his revenge. He also marries Mansi and becomes Mr.Mansi, a tag he cannot live with. So Mansi leaves him. A twist of events causes Shekhar to make a movie with Raju.
Here are a few things that irked me during the movie:
Shekhar says, "Main tumhare bina adhoora hu" to which Mansi replies, "Mein tumhari ho gayi jab tumne mujhe pukara". It translates to "You complete me" and "You had me at hello", made famous by Tom Cruise and Renee Zellweger in Jerry Maguire. Obviously in ShortKut it doesn't have the same tear jerking impact that it had in Jerry Maguire. Whatever happened to originality?...read full review
3. Yahoo by Shubhra Gupta
Jobless, hopeless actor Raju steals a superb script from sincere, hardworking writer Shekhar. A film is made. Raju turns into a superstar, Shekhar, a whingeing loser.
Shortkut suffers from director Neeraj Vora's customary inability to infuse any newness or subtlety into a plot that could easily have gone the other way. It covers roughly the same ground as Zoya Akhtar's Luck By Chance, minus its craft and skill. Everything is loud and plastic, and the actors all chant their lines at the top of their voices. Akshaye inhabits the same grid as he always has. Love interest Amrita Rao matches him, her unlimited cleavage not making up for limited range. And Arshad is the biggest disappointment, the highlight of his act being a crotch joke, when a champagne cork hits him in the nuts.
He's been doing a string of low-budget horrors in which he's been the best thing. Here he has no excuse — this is a big-budget, big banner film, with a fully-fleshed out role. Arshad Warsi, fine actor, RIP?.. read full review
4.CNN-IBN by Rajeev Masand
Shortkut starring Akshaye Khanna, Arshad Warsi and Amrita Rao is not what I’d call a bad film. But it is, most certainly a pointless one. It’s got a standard storyline and no surprises in its telling.
Akshaye Khanna plays an assistant director in the Mumbai film industry who’s just finished writing a script he wants to direct himself. His struggling actor roommate, Arshad Warsi steals the script and hands it over to a producer who promptly agrees to make the film and to cast Arshad in the lead.
So while Akshaye’s dreams of becoming a successful filmmaker are shattered, Arshad turns into an overnight superstar.
Over the course of two hours and fifteen minutes, director Neeraj Vora drives home the point that there are no shortcuts in life, only sincerity and hard work ultimately pays.
Problem is, the film’s so lifeless and boring, you find yourself searching for a shortcut in the cinema that could instantly take you back to the comfort of your home. .. read full review
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