Quick Gun Murugun

Quick Gun Murugun: Misadventures of an Indian Cowboy is a 2009 Indian English-language 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.

Quickgun Murugun
Movie poster
Directed byShashanka Ghosh
Produced byPhat Phish Motion Pictures
Written byRajesh Devraj
Starring
Music by
CinematographyR. A. Krishna
Edited byRabiranjan Maitra
Production
company
Phat Phish Motion Pictures
Fox Star Studios
Distributed byFox Star Studios
Release date
  • 28 August 2009 (2009-08-28)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish

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 in several languages, including 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 film revolves around the 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. He has to do something good for the world, so he believes that 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. While dying, she expresses her love to Murugun. Realizing that he too loves Mango Dolly, he tells her that he too loves her and that she can "stay with him". Finally, Murugun is able to succeed in his mission by defeating Rice Plate 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
Released2009
GenreFeature film soundtrack
LabelSony Music India
ProducerSagar 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 DesaiMika Singh4:07
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"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. Agarwal, Amit (15 October 1994). "Quick Gun Murugan: Channel V comes up with funny, irreverent and slightly crazy film". India Today. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. Joshi, Namrata (29 June 1998). "South Indian cowboy hero Quick Gun Murugan of Channel V to have feature film of his own". India Today. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  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. "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. 28 August 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2011.
  8. "Quick Gun Murugan Is Pretty Good Fun". Rediff.com. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
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