Quick Gun Murugun

Quick Gun Murugun
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShashanka Ghosh
Written byRajesh Devraj
Based on
Characters
by
  • Shashanka Ghosh
  • Rajesh Devraj
Produced byPhat Phish Motion Pictures
Starring
CinematographyR. A. Krishna
Edited byRabiranjan Maitra
Music by
Songs:
  • Sagar Desai
  • Raghu Dixit
  • Background Score:
    Daniel B. George
Production
companies
Fox Star Studios
Phat Phish Motion Pictures
Release date
  • 28 August 2009 (2009-08-28)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
Budget 60 million
Box office 25.7 million

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 Nassar, Rambha and Anuradha Menon. It is a spoof on Indian western films, featuring songs, melodrama and action sequences including a duel in a traffic jam.

The character of Murugun was created in 1994 and was featured in India's Channel V promos. 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.