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SYNOPSIS: Quick Gun Murugun is the story of a South Indian cowboy whose duty is to literally, protect the cows of the world; from non-veg restaurant owners like, Rice Plate Reddy whose mission is to create the ultimate non-veg dosa! But while protecting a village from Rice Plate Reddy, Quick Gun Murugun ends up getting shot and killed and transported to Heaven. But with special persmission fro Chitragupta in Heaven, 25 years later in 2008, Murugan reincarnates as himself - thanks to a lifetime of devotion towards vegetarianism. He sets out to find Rice Plate Reddy, who is currently trying to start up a Dosa franchise called McDosa. In fact, he resorts to kidnapping moms from around the country to find the perfect Dosa recipe with mothers love in it; and then stuffs it with meat! So, Quick Gun enters into an epic battle of vegetarianism vs. non-vegetarianism. The movie revolves around adventures of Quick Gun Murugun along with his love to-be Mango Dolly and Locket Girl. Actually Quick gun is torn between Mango Dolly, who is RicePlateReddys moll but who loves Murugan secretly; as well as his long-dead first love Locket Girl. And his loyalty is put to the test. All the while as an Austin Powers meet Hot Shots meets Rajnikanth hangover kind of cinema has us in splits. And matters come to a crazy head in an insane, leave-your-brains-at-home type climax. CAST AND CHARACTERS: Quick Gun Murugun is played by Dr.Rajendra Prasad, a Telugu film Veteran is a poker faced and says his Tamil English dialogues with such a straight face, that he cant help but steal the show. His outlandish clothes and his puny dialogue delivery is set to create Indias first comic spoof caper franchise. He is simply brilliant. Rambha returns to entertain audiences as Mango Dolly. A gangsters moll with a heart of gold and a perfect foil to Murugan. Her expressions are priceless when she points to his belly and says, The route to a mans heart is with food and he quips suggestively, Yes, but that is a private road Shes as crazily funny. Anu Menon is known to play Lola Kutty on TV but is Locket Girl here and suitably irritating, as her character demands her to be. SCREENPLAY: The screenplay has been written by Rajesh Devraj, who has earlier written screenplay for movies like 'Positive' and 'The Fakir of Venice'. There is no doubt that hes done fantastic work by introducing some hilarious dialogues, sugarcoated in heavy South Indian accents. The sense of humor is incredibly goofy, yet intelligent. SPECIAL EFX: The film was shot extensively at a specially erected set in Nanakramguda cine village. There are a lot of special effects & CGI, especially the bullet-time effects are impressive. But even the shots of many hands emerging and shooting guns Lord Yamraj arriving to take away Murugans soul, etc. are superb. DIRECTION: Shashanka Ghosh has earlier directed Waisa Bhi Hota Hai Part II a riotously funny black comedy. And he surpasses that here. And this genre of comedy certainly seems to be his signature. He takes a completely whacked out storyline, a two-dimensional TV character and executes it hilariously well. Congrats Shashanka, youve given us our own Austin Powers and Hot Shots with a Rajnikanth touch. And yet done so intelligently that it keeps us smiling. VERDICT: This movie has a cowboy-western attitude, outrageously over-the-top drama, crazy action and classical costumes. Action in this movie are exaggerated versions of Rajnikants action movies. But it is the screenplay and dialogues, which steal the show. Its an intelligent look at a goofy comic caper and may well create Indias first comic franchise. In short its brilliant.