Quick Gun Murugun - Review

One tumbler whiskey, One plate masala dosa !!!!
Colourful clothes, tacky sets, Rajni style fights & a cowboy to put Clint Eastwood to shame.....is Quick Gun Murugun worth the effort ???

Quick Gun Murugun (Dr. Rajendra Prasad) is the story of a cowboy, who believes in protecting cows. He encounters a local goon Gun Powder (Shanmughja Rajan), who works for non-vegetarian don Rice Plate Reddy (Naseer). In a brief encounter, Rice plate sends QGM packing, but understanding his needs Mr. C. Gupta (Vinay Pathak) allows QGM to come back to earth to complete his unfinished deeds.
Cut to Mumbai-2007, QGM finds himself confused with the surroundings & with one aim, to find Rice Plate Reddy & destroy the McDosa business enterprise.
The story then unfolds as he finds his nemesis & encounters along the way, some interesting characters such as a cigarette smoking, Rowdy MBA (with the background music MBA MBA),
a sultry club dancer Mango Dolly (Return of Rambha) & a firangi chef Dr Django (Ashwin Mushran.

The film plays on the cliches of south Indian cinema, making for many hilarious scenes. The spoofs scenes from The Matrix, Crouching tiger hidden dragon as wells as numerous Rajni action sequences. The characters are outlandish & remain etched in your mind way after the film is over. Most of the films dialogues are either English or in Tamil, hence not much for the hindi speaking audience.
The problem with the film is the length, which if shortened by 30 min, would do wonders for the film. The story itself is funny in parts & redundant in others. The dialogues are great and the look & feel of the film is brilliant & brings out all that the director has aimed at.

This is a movie of individual performances. Of the actors, Raju Sundaram as Rowdy MBA, Shanmughja Rajan as Gun Powder & Rambha as the cleavage showing Mango Dolly deliver hilarious performances. Their characters are definitely well written & have scope for future endeavours as well. Even main man Rajendra Prasad as QGM is top notch.

The director Shashanka Ghosh has made a good attempt at taking this popular character & weaving a story around him, but alas, the script doesn't hold strong. It runs out of steam a little after the interval. A little more English & a little less Tamil would have strongly helped the film.

All in all, Quick Gun Murugan is an entertaining fair, which makes a good Sunday evening watch. If you are one who likes melodrama, filmi cliches & some over the top performances, go spend some time with Quick Gun Murugan........Agar tu lightening hai, to mai 250 volt current I say.......so MIND IT.

Critical: 3/5
Commercial: 2/5