Quick Gun Murugan

We’ve always had things to ridicule about the Rajnikant movies in the past with his super cool and super human ways of doing things. Well this may be the clear inspiration for this director to pen down a character straight from the Tamil 70 mm into the year 2009. Wow I must say that it’s a superb idea for a start.
He has worked with stereotypes and manages to impart an innovative touch to the entire process. The action, the character of the hero and the situations, are all so reminiscent of the cinema of the seventies and yet it is a film of our times. There is much laughter as he brings alive the mad world of Murugan. It is a clever, innovative effort which is bound to bring in a lot of laughs. The film is ridiculous and so is its premise and the laugh draws mainly from the serious approach of the protagonist to the ridiculous. I, mean, whoever heard of a dosa war? But it is a serious concern for the protagonist. This is a movie which really tickles your funny bone and how!
Quick Gun Murugan is a Tamilian cowboy and the movie deals with his adventures as he goes about trying to save the world His arch enemy is Rice Plate Reddy who is a non vegetarian and is out to try and create the best dosa in the world and hence has started kidnapping women who have the recipie for the perfect dosa. It's an all out war between Rice Plate and Murugan. Adding to the complications in Murugan's life is the presence of two women, one of who is his first love, played brilliantly by Anu Menon, whose character is called Locket Girl, while the second is the lissome Mango Dolly (Rambha). Torn as he is between these two women, Murugan struggles valiantly to do what is right and ethical in the situation. The battle between Murugan and Rice Plate is ultimately a war between the good and the evil. But the characters are so clichéd that one cannot help but laugh at how ridiculous they seem.
The outstanding thing about the movie is the manner in which it has been handled. This is a director who knows his subject well, is fully aware of what he is out to do and goes ahead and executes it brilliantly with hardly any slip up. The screenplay has been perfectly crafted, with full seriousness and it follows the trajectory of the kind of films that were very popular with the masses many years ago. However, instead of making the movie outdated, the treatment makes it contemporary and hilarious.
Even though the cast consists of many more recognizable Hindi film personalities like Vinay Pathak, Ranvir Shorey and Sandhya Mridul, they are unable to take away the gloss from Prasad's performance. Rambha and Menon dig into their roles with real relish and are a treat to watch.
At the end of the day, Quick Gun Murugan is a clever take on the cliche ridden cinema of the seventies. Its mock-serious approach is bound to really go down well with the urban audience at least.
My Ratings : 3 stars.