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Shortkut starring Akshaye Khanna, Arshad Warsi and Amrita Rao was expected to do well at the box office, as the movie was well-promoted and had enough buzz surrounding it. Unfortunately, it hasn’t done too well.

The Anil Kapoor produced film was expected to do well, as Akshaye Khanna’s had a good 2008. Race was a super-hit and Mere Baap Pehle Aap did reasonably well and grossed (nett) close to 12 crores (more than 8 crores coming during the weekend) in week 1.

So what went against the film?

Lack of star power. Race was a multistarrer, with  bigger names like Saif Ali Khan and Bipasaha Basu in the film. Mere Baap Pehle Aap was directed by Priyadarshan who has a decent enough fan-following. Shortkut was a test for Akshaye and despite being a great actor, he fails to make an impact on people. Wonder why.. The film was bad, the reviews were...

Though this year Naseeruddin Shah has decided to cut down on his film assignments drastically, the one film that he has agreed to do is Prakash Jha's Rajniti. And that too a cameo in a Ranbir Kapoor-Katrina Kaif starrer. Naseer has been doing a series of cameos in the last two years including such unlikely ones as Priyadarshan's Mere Baap Pehle Aap which says Naseer, he did to work with the prolific Priyan for the first time. Likewise this would be the first time that Naseer would be working with Prakash Jha. Most surprising of all Naseer agreed to the role without hearing what his role was. "I trust Prakash Jha," says Naseer simply. Adds Prakash Jha, "It's true. Naseer didn't ask me anything about his role in Rajniti. He just said yes. He plays a powerful leftist leader of a people's movement."...