Fox Star pulls trigger on 'Quick Gun'

July 01, 2008 Already a major player on the Indian television scene, News Corp.'s Bollywood plans have taken a big step forward with the acquisition of "Quick Gun Murugan," a comedy about a South Indian cowboy, which it will distribute here in October. The film will mark one of the planned releases from the company's Fox Star Studios, the new film unit headed by Vijay Singh, former president of strategy and corporate development at News Corp.'s Mumbai-based network Star India. "Quick Gun Murugan" is based on a popular character created in the mid-'90s for Star India's music outlet Channel V. The film is a spoof in the vein of "Borat" and "Austin Powers," centering on a South Indian character, Murugan, depicted as a Western cowboy.

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