Quick Gun Murugun

Quickgun Murugun
Movie Poster
Directed by Shashanka Ghosh
Produced by Phat Phish Motion Pictures
Written by Rajesh Devraj
Starring
Music by
Cinematography R. A. Krishna
Edited by Rabiranjan Maitra
Production
company
Phat Phish Motion Pictures
Distributed by Fox Star Studios
Release date
  • 28 August 2009 (2009-08-28)
Running time
 97 minutes
Country India
Language
  • English
  • Telugu
  • Tamil
  • Hindi

Quick Gun Murugun is a 2009 Indian action western film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and written by Rajesh Devraj. It is a spoof on Indian western movies, featuring songs, melodrama and action sequences including a duel in a traffic jam.

The character of Murugun was created in 1994 and was featured in India's Channel V promos[1] Around 1998, the film version was in the works[2] In the 2007 Hindi film Om Shanti Om, Shah Rukh Khan films a scene as Murugun, trying to trick his love interest into believing he is a star of Tamil cinema.[3][4]

Eventually, the film was released in 2009. Quick Gun Murugun has been exhibited at the London Film Festival, the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles, the New York Asian Film Festival and in The Museum of Modern Art, New York City (MoMa).[5]

The film was dubbed to several languages, including English, Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.

Plot

Quick Gun Murugun (Rajendra Prasad) is an unlikely superhero, a South Indian [[[Tamil]] cowboy whose duty is to protect the world against arch villain restaurant owner Rice Plate Reddy (Nassar), who wants to create the ultimate non-vegetarian dosa. The movie revolves around adventures of Murugun along with his love-to-be Mango Dolly (Rambha) and Locket Lover (Anuradha Menon).

Murugun is a typical vegetarian cowboy who made himself into Quick Gun Murugan. The cowboy has to do something good for the world, so he believes vegetarianism is the need of the hour.[5] Murugun enters into a battle that spans time and space, from a small south Indian village to Heaven and then finally to cosmopolitan Mumbai across 25 years. He is torn between Mango Dolly, who loves him secretly, and his first love Locket Lover. His loyalty is put to the test. Mango Dolly gets hit by a bullet and while dying, she expresses her love to Murugun. Realizing he too loves Mango Dolly, he tells her he loves her and she can "stay with him". Murugun is able to succeed in his mission by defeating Reddy.

Cast

Reception

On release, film received mixed to negative reviews. Harish V of Behindwoods.com gave a negative score of 1.5 out of 5 stars and said "Think before you step in, Mind it !!" and "Go for this if you have time to spare and you haven't seen the trailers of the movie yet."[6]

Rediff.com gave 3.5 out of 5, saying 'From his two-minute life span on a music channel, Quick Gun Murugan has come a long way indeed and deserves this full-length feature dedicated to our very own Indian Cowboy with a buckle to die for (Stylists, may I please have a replica of the same?!). On the whole, QGM is as delicious as Mrs Murugan's dosais. As Rice Plate would have said, "A1, Tip Top!"'. Taran Adarsh gave this film 3/5 rating and described it as 'Quick Gun Murugan is an innovative experience. The adventures should appeal to the youth mainly.'Rajeev Masand of CNN IBN gave 3 stars as well. However, general public reception has been less enthusiastic, with the film generally 'flopping' wherever it has been released. Ashok Nayak of Nowrunning.com gave 3.5 on 5 stars and deemed that "Quick Gun Murugun is a tasty crisp dosa that should be enjoyed with a bit of popcorn and a lot of pepsi, but only in theatres. Go for it."[7]

Soundtrack

Quick Gun Murugun
Soundtrack album by Sagar Desai & Raghu Dixit
Released 2009
Genre Feature film soundtrack
Label Sony Music
Producer Sagar Desai & Raghu Dixit, Deep & DJ Chandu
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rediff[8]
Track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicSingersLength
1."Dialogue Mix"Ankur TewariSagar DesaiFilm Artists4:14
2."Murugun Superstar"Raghu DixitRaghu DixitRaghu Dixit, Bharat 'Barry' Krishna & Ranina Reddy2:52
3."Mind It (Tamil Bhangra)"Ankur TewariSagar DesaiMika4:07
4."Kyoon Keeda Hai Aapko?"Ankur TewariSagar DesaiVijay Prakash4:10
5."Ek Tha Murugun"ShelleeSagar DesaiVijay Prakash4:48
6."Chat Mangni Lover"Ankur TewariClassic Tamil SongVijay Prakash3:48
7."Kuchi Kuchi Twist"Ankur TewariClassic Tamil SongVijay Prakash & Hamsika Iyer3:22
8."Naam Mera Mango Dolly" Sagar DesaiGeeta John3:40
9."Space Goddess (Chat Mangni Remix)"*"Ankur TewariClassic Tamil SongVijay Prakash & Pratichee Mohapatra4:01
10."Mind It (Club Mix)"*"Ankur Tewari, MC BobkatSagar DesaiMika & Mc Bobkat3:34
11."Aunties On The Dance Floor (Chat Mangni Remix)"*"Ankur TewariClassic Tamil SongVijay Prakash3:29
12."Ragamuffin Mix*"Ankur Tewari, MC BobKat, Rahul Sout Dandy SquadClassic Telugu SongVijay Prakash, Hamsika Iyer, Mc Bobkat & Sout Dandy Squad3:26
*remixed by Deep & DJ Chandu

References

  1. ↑ Some Wacky Stuff.
  2. ↑ Quick gun fun.
  3. ↑ "Quickgun Murugan fastest on the draw!". Zoom TV. 7 May 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  4. ↑ "Yanna rascala... we don't mind it". DNA. 14 May 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  5. 1 2 "MoMA Celebrates Contemporary Indian Cinema". Huliq. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  6. ↑ "QUICK GUN MURUGUN - Hindi Movie Reviews". Behindwoods.com. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  7. ↑ "Quick Gun Murugan Review - Bollywood Movie Review by Ashok Nayak". Nowrunning.com. 2009-08-28. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  8. ↑ "Quick Gun Murugan Is Pretty Good Fun". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
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