Mumbai, July 11: “Short Kut” was not a bad film to begin with. It was probably a terrific idea for a comedy of misguided zeal – a hammy actor, Arshad Warsi, stealing a struggling scriptwriter Akshaye Khanna’s great plot and becoming a superstar.
But in the absence of motivated mirth, the comedy just plunges out of control and is navigated entirely by the comic capabilities of Arshad Warsi.
Arshad plays that nightmare of every entertainment industry… He can effortlessly go over the top while hamming.
“Short Kut” was probably an idea that got lost in translation. There are signs of sparkle that fizzle out as the film progresses. Where we expect a torrent of laughter we get a drizzle of mild humour.
Some interludes are no doubt funny…like when during shooting ‘superstar’ Arshad keeps messing up his line, a cute assistant director finally rolls down by his feet and mumbles the lines in understudied sarcasm.
—Agencies