Quickgun Murugun
wogma rating: Watch if you have nothing better to do (?)
Yes, it’s the kind of humor that has a specific target audience. The kind who would love to see Rajnikant spoofed. But I don't see anything that can bring laughter, a few smiles - sure. A 90 minute film actually feels too long because of repetition.
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So, there's cool-dude Rajnikantha. And there are people who absolutely love the route his sunglasses or cigarette take to get to their destinations. Among these are people who can't stop going gaga over his invincibility. Sample this. Me? I find the silliness funny. The sunglass-cigarette routine make me smile about 3 times. But then, it gets repetitive and thus predictable and ultimately boring. Exactly what happens in Quickgun Murugun which spoofs Rajni.
Our man, Quickgun Murugun - the cowboy, the protector of the cows - is out to do his job, viz, protect cows from the fanatic non-vegetarian, Rice Plate Reddy. To fulfill his duty he convinces the officers of the other world to send him back to this world. And so on and so forth.
Sounds outrageous and out-of-the-world hilarious. But it ain't that ROFLarious. There isn't much comment you can make about such films, right? There's the usual ricocheting bullets and super-power-like action. Acting is intentionally over-the-top and overtly melodramatic - by one and all - okay except maybe the cameo by Vinay Pathak.
So is the direction, especially in terms of the long pauses to enhance the already outlived-its-stay drama. Or even the emotional drama that punctuates the flow of the film, the exaggeration of everything in every frame. But, it's a spoof, so it's all obviously deliberate and supposedly necessary, what can you say? Certainly you are not allowed to complain.
However, there are some bits and pieces that work. These make you smile and occasionally that smile grows wider. Each character's name is a cackle each. Also a lot of the smiles are hidden in the background, in the art-work, some reference that'll make you sneer at both - the joke and your smartness because you noticed it.
Another bit I completely enjoyed is the background score. It's creative and it's funny. There's one bit where a western-film theme music is playing on a flute. Nice!
There is also this comment on how super-heroes and God-like humans are necessary to get rid of the filth in the society today. A good vs. evil war is more obviously portrayed as a dev vs. daanav (God vs. Satan) war. What's more? Like Lord Krishna our man has more than one love interests. There are lot of tiny comments tucked in too. Like the irony that the anti-vegetarian demons have to use different vegetables as weapons. Celebrities used to advertise commodities, an Indian's love for mother's cooking, a mother's pride on how well she cooks, etc.
But the novelty wears off. With each of the things I liked and found funny, it was so only for the first couple of times. The third repetition onwards it became boring. So much so that one and a half hour seems too long to sit there for this.
- meeta, a part of the audience
Thumbs up, by Khalid Mohamed, aslibaat.com : ...The plot, or something like that only, has our Muru saar landing in heaven, then begging permission of higher authorities to return to his village... full review
Thumbs up, by Daliya Ghose, Bollywood Mantra : ... It is like a comic book story with characters very original and innovative. ... full review
Thumbs up, by Udita Goswami, DNA : ...Writer Rajesh Devraj's screenplay is concise, dialogues well placed and story uncomplicated. The humour does not, however, hit the side-splitting levels.... full review
Thumbs up, by Rajeev Masand, IBN Live : ...Fifteen minutes shorter, and a few indulgences less, this might have been an extraordinary watch. ... full review
Thumbs up, india.com : ...even the iconic tune from Clint Eastwood's 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' is parodied with a rib tickling Carnatic mix... full review
Thumbs up, Indicine : ...Rambha does well too, nice to see her back. Remember her act with Salman Khan in Judwa?... full review
Thumbs up, Movie Talkies : ...deserving candidate for applause is Dr Rajendra Prasad, for the manner in which he executes his character.... full review
Thumbs up, by Ashok Nayak, Now Running.com : ...The film is short, sweet and has enough laughs in store to warrant a visit to your nearest movieplex.... full review
Thumbs up, by Joginder Tuteja, Now Running.com : ...it is purposefully silly and self deprecating many times over.... full review
Thumbs up, by Ravptor, Passion for Cinema : ...QGM world-premiered here at IFFLA to a completely disarmed audience who cheered, roared and applauded every bit of the film’s excesses... full review
Thumbs up, by Chandrama Pal, Rediff : ...Quick Gun Murugun has come a long way indeed and deserves this full length feature dedicated to our very own Indian Cowboy... full review
Thumbs up, by Sonia Chopra, Sify Movies : ...The fights are great fun with bullets in slow-mo, and Murugun throwing a lit match (spoofing Rajnikant) and saying, "If you are lightening, I am 250 volt current, I say."... full review
So-So, by Chanda Gohrani, AOL INDIA : ...! It is a hard job to keep you interested for too long with a highly improbable and larger than life character. ... full review
So-So, by Sudhir Nair, Passion for Cinema : ...The dialogues are first rate. Be it quoting the Gita or even spouting drivel,... full review
Thumbs down, by Baradwaj Rangan, Blogical Conclusion, The New Sunday Express : ...Quick Gun Murugun will no doubt set a few tempers aflare – but the audience I was with, thankfully, appeared genuinely tickled (a lot more than I was, I admit).... full review
Thumbs down, by Suranjana Nandi, Buzz18 : ...light years away from being anything funny.... full review
Thumbs down, by Martin D'Souza, Glamsham.com : ...At best, you can enjoy this flick ... for over 15 minutes. Then it gets bothersome. ... full review
Thumbs down, by Kaveree Bamzai, india today : ...Unfortunately, nostalgia is not enough to sustain a full length film.... full review
Thumbs down, by Gaurav Malani, indiatimes : ... entertainment is a mandatory expectation from any movie which lacks in QGM.... full review
Thumbs down, by Manish Gaekwad, StarBoxOffice : ...What looks good on paper need not necessarily taste crisp as paper dosa I say.... full review
Thumbs down, by Avijit Ghosh, Times of India : ...Too bad, the team fails to create its soul. ... full review
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Warning: this section has some details that could distort your experience while watching the movie. I strongly recommend reading this only after you have seen the movie or if you have decided not to see it.
Plot Summary
Quickgun Murugun (Dr. Rajendraprasad) is a vegetarian and needs to protect all vegetarians from the fanatic non-vegetarian, Rice Plate Reddy and his intentions of converting everyone into a non-vegetarian. Have fun! Or maybe not…
What Worked
- The opening sequence with depiction of heaven as a government office.
- The song "o little flower" :)
- The techniques used to lure all the moms.
- The new-age superhero smokes.
- The haldi-kumkum (auspicious colored powders) on the bullet wound.
What did not
- The editing - the slaps and the punches were way too badly done.
- The comment that foreigner's don't understand the value of a mother's love.
Parental Guidance:
- Violence: Loads. Spoofy but chopping, slicing, gun and fist fights all over the place. The title has two "gun"s in it after all.
- Language: All pretty much clean. Except for a couple of innuendos
- Nudity & Sexual content: One of the lead ladies is the keep of a character and is a dance bar artist. That involves its share of nudity.
- Concept: Revenge, good vs. evil.
- General Look and Feel: Light and slapsticky-spoofy funny. Don't know if kids will get the humor though.
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Comments (3)
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Damn..i thot the movie was an exceptional work. I really liked it. Though the tamil dialogues did not work for me..i still had a jolly good time.
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