SHORTKUT to fare better with Anees Bazmee?

September 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - Bollywood star Neeta Chanda of "Traffic Signal" fame was the show stopper for Soumitra Mandal's collection that was showcased at the ongoing Kolkata Fashion Week-II. "I really liked the look of the outfit I am wearing.

September 12th, 2009 KOLKATA - Bollywood star Neetu Chandra says she has no desire to go size zero and believes in toning her body according to the need of the film she is working in. "I don't believe in a zero-size figure.

August 12th, 2009 Known in the industry circles for their independent personas, Kangana Ranaut and Sushmita Sen are doing a film together for the first time. The film is Anees Bazmee directed No Problem which is produced by Anil Kapoor.

July 29th, 2009 “The Hangover” (Todd Phillips), comedy about a bachelor party in Las Vegas gone wrong, is going to Bollywood for a remake. Zee nominated Annes Bazmee (No Entry) will direct and Firoz Nadiadwala (Awara Paagal Deewana) will produce the Bollywood version which is expected to go on the floor early next year.

July 23rd, 2009 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. Chitrashi, who is called Shortkut in the film (quite apt, we must say!) was quite easily the youngest on the shoot and quite the cheekiest– on and off the camera! And so taken in were the cast and crew of the film by the young imp that she was officially called ‘shortkut’ on the sets, instead of her own name! Chitrashi, in keeping with her cocky character, sports a spiky boy cut hairstyle and is in rugged clothes throughout the film.

July 23rd, 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.

July 23rd, 2009 Two back-to-back flops and Harman Baweja seems to be creating insecurity even for his female co-stars! It is learnt that Genelia D’ Souza who stars opposite Harman in Anees Bazmee directed It’s My Life is trying her best to not have this film as her next release. She is wanting her Shahid Kapoor starrer Yahoo to come before It’s My Life.

July 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Think of Arshad Warsi and a smile comes to one's face instantly courtesy his immaculate comic timing. The actor is once again is set to entertain audiences along with Akshaye Khanna in Short Kut - The Con Is On that releases Friday.

July 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Hindi film industry is infamous for lifting Hollywood movies, but it has often been inspired by cinema content from southern India as well. With forthcoming movies like "Kambakkht Ishq", "Short Kut - The Con Is On" and "Wanted", Bollywood seems to be on a spree of remaking films made down south.

June 28th, 2009 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.

June 20th, 2009 Neetu Chandra has been signed for Anees Bazmee;s next, No Problem to be produced by Anil Kapoor. She will star opposite Sanjay Dutt.

June 20th, 2009 MUMBAI - Arshad Warsi is irritated with rumours that all is not well between him and Akshaye Khanna, his co-star in "Shortkut - The Con Is On". "I am so surprised that throughout the making of the film there was no (report of a) rift between the two actors.

June 17th, 2009 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.

June 16th, 2009 MUMBAI - More than 20 years after working in "Tezaab" (1988), Anil Kapoor and Chunky Pandey have come together again for the movie "Shortkut - The Con Is On". While Anil is producing the film, Chunky is playing the role of an acting guru cum star secretary.

May 3rd, 2009 Writer-director Anees Bazmee was the last director, the late Feroz Khan worked under. The film was the super duper hit of 2007, Welcome which clashed with Aamir Khan’s Taare Zameen Par at the box office.