Short cutted element of humour in 'Short-Kut'

Bollywood new release 'Short-Kut-The Con is On' could not fulfill the expectation of the audience. No doubt, the movie is not very bad to start with but the director Neeraj Vora could not continue that charm last till the end. It was probably a great idea for a comedy of misleaded enthusiasm where an upcoming actor, portrayed by Arshad Warsi stole a plot from a struggling scriptwriter ,played by Akshay Khanna and thus become famous within a short while. Amrita Rao played the female lead.

Basic idea was good, but in absence of the kind of cheerfulness a comedy flick must have, the movie lost its zeal somewhere in between. And the film was totally dependent on the comic capabilities of Arshad. He plays the nightmare of all the entertainment industry, who can easily go over the top without any effort just by dramatization. "Short Kut" was perhaps an idea that got lost in translation. There were many scenes, where the audience were expecting a torrent of laughter but end up getting a drizzle of mild humour.
Some interludes are no doubt funny...like while doing the shooting 'superstar' Arshad keeps jumbling up his lines, a cute assistant director finally rolls down by his feet and mumbles the lines in understudied sarcasm.


The film seems to have been made at a small budget. Posh hotel rooms are suggested with labels pinned carelessly on the doors that probably belong to a lodge. The Thai outdoor locations used appears towards the end in a breathless and quite absurd climax on top of a bridge where a starlet falls to her death.

"Short Kut" works neither as satirical nor high-action. This was 'Short-Kut' on my opinion, money spent on this was not worth. So, now hopes are high for some good element of entertainment from the upcoming Bollywood movies Imtiaz Ali's 'Love Aaj Kal' and 'Kameeney' by Vishal Bharadwaj.