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'Quickgun Murugan' releases on August 28
13 Aug 2009, 0403 hrs IST, PTI

MUMBAI: 'Quickgun Murugan', a film inspired by the humourous spoof on Tamil movie actors by Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan in 'Om Shanti Om', is slated to release on August 28.

The film is about a superhero with the grit of a Western cowboy (Clint Eastwood) and the glamour of a South Indian superstar.

The character, created by a music channel is coming as a feature film, based on the adventures of a 'sambhar cowboy' called 'Quickgun Murugan'.

Rajendra Prasad, a veteran Telugu actor, will be playing this quirky character in an upmarket English film.

Director Shashank Ghosh, who earlier directed 'Waisa bhi hota hai -Part 2' said the slapstick also marks the return of actress Rambha, after a long sabbatical.

Her character called 'Mango Dolly' is a blonde sultry seductress who is actually a moll, modern day Barbie doll. Every attention has been made to make her look special, which has been designed essentially to enhance her character, he said.

'Quickgun Murugan' is produced by Fox Star Studios, which has distributed the Oscar winning 'Slumdog Millionaire'.

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The article is wrong when it says this was inspired by a spoof of Tamil actors in OSO. OSO itself was referencing the Quick Gun Murugan shorts on Channel V.

I love Rajendra Prasad!

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This one is for your Dragun:

No way. Can't wait to watch it :-]

It looks like a fun movie. Bgee, don't tell me you didn't laugh at the "keezha" scene at the end of the trailer

I will not even consider this one-Looks CHEAP

sasural put it right.

Baradwaj Rangan's review

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http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/movies/article13823.ece

For a few dosas more
Sudhish Kamath

If Ali G, Borat and Bruno could successfully be scaled up from a TV sketch to a full-length feature, so can Quick Gun Murugun, right? Yes. Especially because Dr. Rajendra Prasad has lived this role.

“They made him a past tense. Now, he’s back to make their future tense,” the trailers promised. The man who once famously said, “Modhala sambhar, aprama nee” was back. This time, with a movie of his own. He surely deserved one after the likes of Shah Rukh Khan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni tried to steal his catchphrase.

We, the fans, smacked our lips at the prospect of getting more dosas of this masala that seemed like it could give Bollywood a run for its funny. If Ali G, Borat and Bruno could successfully be scaled up from a TV sketch to a full-length feature, so can Quick Gun Murugun, right? Yes. Especially because Dr. Rajendra Prasad has lived this role.

Not an easy thing to do when you are wearing tight bright orange pants, a big belt with the head of a cow, a gun-holster, shiny green embroidered shirt, leopard-print waistcoast, cowboy hat and a pencil-drawn moustache over a cake of make-up.

Yet, the legendary comedian makes Quick Gun Murugun rise above caricature and transforms him into an adorable old-fashioned Indian cowboy torn between a righteous sense of purpose and a credible sense of pathos. This is also the reason the film is less funny than we expect it to be. But, it turns out to be an earnest, heart-warming spoof that makes us smile every now and then at the charm of these characters and their language, rarely resorting to physical comedy, slapstick or innuendoes.

Having lost the love of his life, the brooding hero, Quick Gun, carries her picture in his locket and finds his purpose: to defeat the evil schemes of capitalist Rice Plate Reddy who, with his set of rowdies, is taking over all the vegetarian hotels and turning them into non-vegetarian ones. Shashanka Ghosh translates Rajesh Devraj’s script into a comic book, and the violence, further stylised with visual effects, is employed to spoof the Sambhar Cowboy genre. But what makes this rather predictable film likeable is the layering of pop-culture references. It’s the kind of film that is simultaneously a throwback to The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, Ramayan / Mahabharata, Gabbar Singh, Jaishankar or Superstar films, and seamlessly at that (close your eyes to listen to the background score to appreciate the unlikely fusion).

Full marks to the design team, cinematographer R.A. Krishnaa and the music director Sagar Desai, for bringing this strange milieu alive. It’s great material to build a franchise on, now that we are acquainted with the gun-toting gentleman with great regard for ladies and contempt for rowdies.

There are quite a few zany scenes of inspired wackiness. Such as how the bad boys serially kidnap mummies and threaten to cut their cable TV, or the other in the middle of a rather serious scene when Quick Gun asks his dying brother, “Who did this?”

And, there’s that fantastic flying monkeys stunt sequence at the Institute of Coconut Tree Climbing and the surreal moment when Quick Gun snoops around the Ministry of Death to find a bunch of angels being trained in dance. Quick Gun and Gunpowder (Shanmugharajan) walk away with the best lines in the film while Nasser has a blast with the dialogue delivery (watch out for his dig on Big B).

Anu Menon, Rambha and Raju Sundaram are aptly cast and make us grin with their sheer presence. As a result, Quick Gun Murugun works as a series of 15-20 gags, constructed as an excuse for the characters to mouth their punch-lines, and strung together by genuine comic talent and a paper-roast-dosa-thin plot with no masala. You end up waiting for the next joke more often than laughing at this celebration of old-movie corniness.

But, are nostalgic digs alone enough to power a feature-length film? Depends on your temperament. Go with a kind heart, I say. After all, this film is the first of its kind. Mind it.

Surely anyone can click on the link and read to his heart's content.

This is a review from someone that watched it at the film festival in LA.



http://passionforcinema.com/iffla-09-quick-gun-murugan/

Anyway, I sadly missed the event, but I have been to IFFLA on many occasions, and it generally is a mixed crowd.

Has anyone seen it yet??

I'm not too familiar with Rajendra Prasad. Would you have to know Telugu to enjoy any of his films? Also, do you know if he dubbed his own voice for the Hindi and Tamil versions?

Excerpt from Baradwaj Rangan's Review



I guess it took a Bengali to make a film spoofing Tamil cinema...

The best of Rajendra Prasad range from the 80's to the mid-90's. You can't go wrong with any movie, though there are some movies that really stand out. But I honestly haven't been watching his movies where he is the lead actor since 1998,1999 because everything after that has been pretty pathetic (production/writers fault). His film "Aa Naluguru" from 2004 was well received by the audiences, and I too liked it, because it was different from the run of the mill crap of that year, otherwise an average film. Note: it's not a comedy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aa_Naluguru

Anyway, it's tough for me to say whether or not you need to know Telugu to enjoy the films thoroughly. When I watch Tamil comedy bits, I enjoy them because I know what they are trying to do in terms of the mood/tone and all.

I watched a lot of his movies as a child, and I don't remember them too well right now, but my fav film of his is def Pekata PapaRao...unfortunately, I doubt the crappy DVD had subtitles. But really, you'll enjoy any of his movies from 1995 and before. Rajendra Prasad was also lucky to work with Director Vamsi-Ilaiyaraaja combo.

Vamsi-Ilaiyaraaja-Rajendra Prasad combo:
Premninchi Pelladu
Ladies Tailor (good DVD by KAD)
Chettukinda Pleader
April 1st Vidudhala
Linga Babu Love Story

You'll see some of Ilaiyaraaja vaari magic with Vamsi films!!

Oh. I really like the film very much and pictured well. The simple english words he used is very nice. Anybody can understand.
The 5 karmas also very nice. Especially, "Leave the girls, I say" is really very fantastic.