Shortkut is the story of two strugglers, Raju (Arshad Warsi) who makes it big after stealing a script, and Shekhar (Akshay Khanna) who carries on after his script is stolen. Raju goes on to be a superstar, while Shekhar goes about sulking and struggling yet again. But destiny brings them together as Shekhar is set to direct his first movie with superstar Raju as the lead,without his knowledge, however.