Quick Gun Murugun
Quick Gun Murugun: Misadventures of an Indian Cowboy is a 2009 Indian English-language Comedy Western film directed by Shashanka Ghosh and written by Rajesh Devraj. The film stars Rajendra Prasad 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.
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| Directed by | Shashanka Ghosh |
| Written by | Rajesh Devraj |
| Produced by | Phat Phish Motion Pictures |
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| Cinematography | R. A. Krishna |
| Edited by | Rabiranjan Maitra |
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Production companies | Phat Phish Motion Pictures Fox Star Studios |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | English |
The character of Murugun was created in 1994 and was featured in India's Channel V promos. Around 1998, the film version was in the works. In the 2007 Hindi film Om Shanti Om, Shah Rukh Khan films a scene as Murugun, trying to trick his love interest into believing he is a star of Tamil cinema.
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 The Museum of Modern Art, New York City (MoMa).
The film also has some Tamil dialogues and Hindi songs. The film was dubbed in several languages, including Hindi, Tamil, and Telugu.
A mobile video game based on the film was also released by Indiagames.