Quick Gun Murugun: Misadventures of an Indian Cowboy is a 2009 Indian English-language comedy Western film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and written by Rajesh Devraj. The film stars Rajendra Prasad as the title character alongside Nassar, Rambha and Anuradha Menon. It is a spoof on Indian western films, 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. 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). The film also has some Tamil dialogues and Hindi songs. The film was dubbed in several languages, including Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.
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Plot
Quick Gun Murugun is an unlikely superhero, a Tamil cowboy whose duty is to protect the world against arch villain restaurant owner Rice Plate Reddy, 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 and Locket Lover. 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. 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.
Soundtrack
*remixed by Deep & DJ Chandu
Reception
Chandrima Pal of 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 of Bollywood Hungama 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 gave it a 3 out of 5 and said:, "Good spoofs are hard to come by, but director Shashanka Ghosh's Quick Gun Murugun is a rare exception" Mayank Shekhar of Hindustan Times said, "This one is so much funnier as a whole. Go for it, I say!' and gave 3 out of 5 stars."
Other media
A mobile video game based on the film was also released by Indiagames.