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Friday, April 19, 2024
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BOLLYWOOD PRINCE
EDITOR'S PICK
Rating: **
Look what the cool cat dragged in! It`s not a bird (though he does fly across
the sky). It`s not a plane (though many of those in many shapes and sizes are
seen hovering in the film`s spectrally-shot skyline). And it`s definitely not
Superman. Though Mr Oberoi wouldn`t mind being one.
Hey guys, it`s our own Vivek Oberoi, playing hard-ball with various girls,
gadgets gizmos and gimmicks.
Vivek plays Prince, a James Bond on a mission not quite impossible travelling at
a speed faster than sound. Prince has no choice. He has lost all his memory
which has been sucked out of him like juice gone through a sugarcane grinder.
To his credit, Oberoi carries off the ceaseless stint with the stunt with
arresting aplomb. Most often because of his memory loss we see him wearing a
look like he just smelt something foul in the kitchen and isn`t sure if it`s the
milk got burnt or his mom`s favourite recipe simmering in a pot.
Oh, there are no weeping moms in the potty plot. Only screeching wheels,
high-octane stunts and high-octave songs shot mostly like music videos rather
than as integral parts of the story. And then there are the 3 Mayas, each trying
to outdo the other in the stunts and the clothes, or lack of them. They all seem
to love our hero to death, an entity which lurks in every slick corner of this
emotion-less but attractive package of oomph and wallops.
Where, you are not allowed to wonder, is the plot leading to? Why is Prince so
hyper about his memory-loss? It will come back to him, like a blast from the
past. Quite like the bolt that finally hits the film`s arch villain Sarang
(played by someone called Isaiah).
Oberoi`s Prince goes into convulsions of self-doubt.
Be warned. Prince is more the Bourne territory than Ghajini. The
expertly-executed stunts (Allan Amin, you are the man!) frequently see our hero
jumping down high-rise buildings in breathtaking leaps of fate, with the camera
(Vishnu Rao) pulling back in respectful awe. Of course our Prince is essentially
shock-proof and crease-free. Don`t mind the bruises, scratches, bandages and,
yes I forgot, the memory lapse. Prince is invincible!!!
So when was the last time you viewed a film where the heist-happy hero
undertakes fifty adventures in museums and banks stealing diamonds and
merchandise worth trillions?
John Abraham in Dhoom, Hrithik Roshan in Dhoom 2, Ajay
Devgn in Cash?
You get the drift. Just float away in the stylish mumbo-jumbo that debutant
director Kookie Gulati serves up with the swaggering flamboyance of an
arms-merchant who loves his guns.
Prince It`s Showtime wears its super-cool shirt with the slogan
`Come Watch Me` with a little bit too much aggression. But if you love popcorn
crunching adventure stories watch Vivek Oberoi play the hero.
Oberoi pulls it off. Effectively.
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One of the savviest thieves in the world commits the biggest
heist of his life. He wakes up next morning to realize he has a gunshot wound on
his arm that he doesn’t remember getting.
In his quest to find answers he discovers his name is Prince, he used to work
for a man named Sarang and his girlfriend’s name is Maya.
He is being hunted by the secret service of India- I Grip, the CBI and the
biggest white collared criminals in the world. He is the most wanted man in the
country because only he knows the whereabouts of the heist, which contains a
secret that is linked not only to his loss of memory but threatens the future of
the Human Race.
Prince can rely only on his razor sharp instincts to salvage himself. The web of
deception spins
and Prince gets even more entangled.
Nothing and no one can be trusted.
