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| QUICK
GUN MURUGUN MOVIE REVIEW |
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by : Harish V |
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Starring:
Rajendra Prasad, Vinay Pathak,
Ranvir Shorey, Sandhya Mridul,
Rambha.
Direction:
Shashanka Ghosh
Music:
Daniel George
Production:
Anand Surapur |
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The
mid 90s saw a hit Channel 'V'
series of gags which had a south
Indian cowboy character called
Murugun, which was loved by
the audience. The character
got rebooted by Shahrukh for
a five minute rip roaring affair
in his hit film 'Om Shanti Om',
where his 'enda rascala, mind
it!' mannerisms became an anthem
for the youth across the nation.
This also propelled a Dhoni
- Pepsi Ad which became a success
as well. With the character
seeing successful 5 odd minute
avatars on television, movies
and ads, it was with great expectation
did I go to the theaters to
see the 80 minute version of
the legendary character. And
this being Fox's first entry
into India the expectation meter
soared even higher.
Did this bigger version live
up to the expectations? Yes,
but only to an extent. This
80s homage of masala potboilers
has a dragging first half but
the second half goes in jet
speed. The producers should
be lauded for trying something
as wacky as this, surely a landmark
movie .
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The
story revolves around Quick Gun Murugun
(Dr. Rajendra Prasad), a brave south Indian
cowboy who decides to take on an evil hotel
owner Rice plate Reddy (Nasser), who is
trying to spread non-vegetarianism. Reddy
kills Murugun, but 20 years later he comes
back from the grave (from yamalok to be
precise) to take his revenge and save all
the cows from the evil Reddy. And he does
that in style with the help of a cabaret
dancer/Reddy's Mistress Mango Dolly (Ramba).
The movie was decent, but did not live up
to the hype and hoopla. The promos were
hilarious, but the gags in the trailers
and the teasers were the only time in the
movie you do laugh aloud and the gags just
stop there. The director had the idea right,
but messed with the execution in the first
half. In the second half he did take control
of the proceedings only to miss the train
in the climax.
Technically the movie was as good as a spoof
should be. Cinematography by R.A. Krishna
was decent, the special effects were tacky,
but worked quite well for this kind of film.
The background score was brilliant, every
character had a tune and it worked wonders.
The editing was not that great but who's
complaining? The dialogues were funny and
the subtitles of the Tamil dialogues were
written exceptionally well. Dialogues like
'If you are lightning, I am 220 watts current,
I say!' and the pun dialogue mouthed by
Rajendra Prasad while in the bed with Ramba
cracks up the entire theatre.
The Telugu superstar Dr. Rajendra Prasad
rocked as Murugun. He has lived up to the
character much better than all the other
avatars of Quick Gun Murugun that we have
seen before. Anu Menon/Lolla kutty as the
Locket lover did a nice little cameo. Nasser
the great actor he is, should have worked
real hard to overact to such an extent,
but the character demands that and he makes
an impact. Raju Sundaram was a blast as
Rowdy MBA. He was very adorable as this
comical baddy. Ramba is acting in a spoof
for the first time, but she is not new to
the role as she has played umpteen such
characters in other films. Vinay Pathak
as Chitragupthan was wasted, but not as
much as the makers have wasted a talent
like Ranvir Shorey who is hardly there for
a minute. Despite this, both do bring some
star power to this south dominated show.
All the other actors did their part quite
well.
Overall the movie lacked the punch which
was required. It has few good laughs, but
is not funny enough to become a box-office
success. But the movie would surely make
the producers happy as even though it is
made on a shoe-string budget, due to the
hype that was created, the weekend will
draw huge crowds to the cinema halls. Besides
the movie has already broken even thanks
to the dubbing rights, music rights and
the satellite rights. Go for this if you
have time to spare and you haven't seen
the trailers of the movie yet.
Verdict:
Think before you step in, Mind it !!
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