Comments on: ‘Short Kut’ takes the long, boring route http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2009/07/10/short-kut-takes-the-long-boring-route/ Bollywood and culture in an emerging India Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:40:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Andrew Pelt http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2009/07/10/short-kut-takes-the-long-boring-route/comment-page-1/#comment-2867 Andrew Pelt Mon, 15 Feb 2010 07:10:03 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/?p=520#comment-2867 Wow - bull's eye! Thanks for this post. I bookmarked it. Wow – bull’s eye! Thanks for this post. I bookmarked it.

]]> By: Ravi Chander http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2009/07/10/short-kut-takes-the-long-boring-route/comment-page-1/#comment-1648 Ravi Chander Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:42:00 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/?p=520#comment-1648 Shortkut - utterly waste movie. Akshaye should stop wearing a wig in his movies. Shortkut – utterly waste movie. Akshaye should stop wearing a wig in his movies.

]]> By: Vishal Maggoo http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2009/07/10/short-kut-takes-the-long-boring-route/comment-page-1/#comment-1621 Vishal Maggoo Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:08:26 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/?p=520#comment-1621 Shortcut ... is a complete boring disaster!! Shortcut … is a complete boring disaster!!

]]> By: ananth http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/2009/07/10/short-kut-takes-the-long-boring-route/comment-page-1/#comment-1617 ananth Sun, 12 Jul 2009 07:16:07 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/indiamasala/?p=520#comment-1617 Would advise everyone to give Short Kut a Wide berth; It is no doubt a poor copy of the Malayalam film Udayananu Tharam (Udayan is the star) with Udayan being the name of the director, played by Mohanlal with the multi-faceted Srinivasan playing the actor friend. "Short" particularly falls short with the climax, in contrast to the Malayalam version. That itself was a "generous" lift from the 1980 Hollywood film "The Stunt Man, featuring Peter O'Toole (film director), Steve Railsback (as the actor/stuntman) and Barbara Hershey, the leading lady of the film within the film and the director's daughter. In the climax, Railsback, who plays an ex-soldier on the run from the police who is forced to don the role of a stuntman, is manipulated by the director to do a very difficult stunt. When will our film-makers learn to give credit where it is due? Would advise everyone to give Short Kut a Wide berth; It is no doubt a poor copy of the Malayalam film Udayananu Tharam (Udayan is the star) with Udayan being the name of the director, played by Mohanlal with the multi-faceted Srinivasan playing the actor friend.

“Short” particularly falls short with the climax, in contrast to the Malayalam version. That itself was a “generous” lift from the 1980 Hollywood film “The Stunt Man, featuring Peter O’Toole (film director), Steve Railsback (as the actor/stuntman) and Barbara Hershey, the leading lady of the film within the film and the director’s daughter.

In the climax, Railsback, who plays an ex-soldier on the run from the police who is forced to don the role of a stuntman, is manipulated by the director to do a very difficult stunt.

When will our film-makers learn to give credit where it is due?

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