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

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film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and written by Rajesh Devraj. The film stars

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as the title character alongside Rambha, Anuradha Menon and Nassar. 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

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promos. Around 1998, the film version was in the works. In the 2007 Hindi film ''

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'',

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films a scene as Murugun, trying to trick his love interest into believing he is a star of

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. 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

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(MoMa). The film was dubbed in several languages, including Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.

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

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cowboy who made himself into Quick Gun Murugan. He has to do something good for the world, so he believes that

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is the need of the hour. Murugun enters into a battle that spans time and space, from a small south Indian village to

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and then finally to cosmopolitan

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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

as Quick Gun Murugun * Rambha as Mango Dolly * Anuradha Menon as Locket Lover * Nassar as Rice Plate Reddy *

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as Rowdy MBA * Ashwin Mushran as Dr. Django *

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as Gun Powder * Vinay Pathak as Chitragupta *

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as Mrs. S. G. Murugan *

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as TV Host * Manjit Baba as Dacoit * Ranvir Shorey in a guest appearance * Gaurav Kapoor in a guest appearance * Robin Gurung in a guest appearance as a boka cameraman

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!"'.

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of ''

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'' 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.

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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 ''

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'' said 'This one is so much funnier as a whole. Go for it, I say!' and gave 3 out of 5 stars.

Soundtrack

:^*remixed by Deep & DJ Chandu

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1176911 2000s Hindi-language films 2000s parody films 2000s Western (genre) comedy films 2009 action comedy films 2009 comedy films 2009 films English-language Indian films Films scored by Raghu Dixit Films directed by Shashanka Ghosh Films set in heaven Films set in Mumbai Fox Star Studios films Indian action comedy films Indian parody films Indian Western (genre) comedy films 2000s English-language films