Language:Hindi / English / Tamil / TeluguDirector:Shashanka Ghosh
Cast:Rajendra Prasad,Vinay Pathak,Ranvir Shorey,Sandhya Mridul,Rambha.
Banner:hat Phish Motion PicturesFox Star Studios
Rating:
QUICK GUN MURUGAN (2009) HINDI MOVIE REVIEW:
Story and Analysis:
It seems to tollywood comedy hero magic was not worked in bollywood.We thought it would be a fun film. Stupid stupid thought! The tale of the original Indian cowboy, inspired by the quintessential ‘Bawliwud Ishtylish’ hero, Quick Gun Murugan is light years away from being anything funny.
Actually Quick Gun Murugan is like a plate of grossly overcooked pasta. It is not the usual fare and could have been tasty if cooked right. But instead ends up being a bowl of unpalatable sludge. And we can only blame the filmmakers for that. A spoof is a spoof – no logic, no storyline just a short while of mindless fun. Try turning that into a film, stretch it for 90 tedious minutes and this is what you’ll end up with – sludge!
The story begins with QG Murugan dying. It is right about then that you’ll realise how the makers are trying too hard to be extraordinarily ‘cool’ – something which in the nineties would have been referred to as extremely ‘Yo!’. Chitragupta for example is a Gujarati man named C Gupta. And ‘yamlok’ is called the Ministry of Death. Things that would have been funny… in Class II.
Come interval, and you’ll still be waiting to laugh. Really laugh. Some names here and some actions there might be funny. For example, a song sequence with Murugan (Dr Rajendrakumar) and his Locket Lover (Anu Menon aka Lola Kutty) dancing around trees is cute. It incorporates all the 60’s Bollywood clichés right from flowers touching each other to depict an intimate (read kissing) scene to the quintessential park bench romance. However, most of the first half is too violent (for no apparent reason) to be fun.
Second half brings in the other character you might be waiting for – Mango Dolly. Rambha as the blonde-haired, bar dancer cum gangster’s keep cum Miss India aspirant cum a lot of other things is good. But it’s tough for even her to help sustain a film that stretches beyond measure. Her romance with Quick Gun is the only highlight of this half of the film. The extremely corny scenes and dialogues between them is good fun.
To give it to the actors, they have really lived up to their exaggerated characters. Dr Rajendraprasad is brilliant as Quick Gun Murugan. He doesn’t laugh. He can’t look at semi clad women. He winces when he sees Mango Dolly dance. Good! Raju Sundaram’s portrayal of Rowdy MBA is also worth a mention. The two women Anu Menon (aka Lola Kutty of Channel V) as Locket Lover and Rambha as Mango Dolly live up to their characters as well.
With rich, vibrant colours and well executed special effects, the film has a very comic strip effect. The background score only adds to the effects. Every character has their unique musical track which plays when they enter or exit a scene. The same goes for similar situations. The songs however are nothing worth mentioning. And we could have lived without them.
Quick Gun Murugan thus, is a great character. He could have been the Indian Don Quixote. It’s a pity, he ends up being an immense bore.
Final View:
What you’ve already seen of Quick Gun in trailers, is all that’s worth seeing. Don’t even bother watching the film. It will only spoil the character already created by Shah Rukh Khan in Om Santhi Omyears back. Quick Gun Murgun Fire was miss hitted. This film was bore and its a flop movie.
