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‘Prince’ movie review: Where’s the laugh riot that Sivakarthikeyan promised?

‘prince’, starring sivakarthikeyan, has a few funny stretches and some great dance moves but nothing more.

Updated - November 01, 2022 04:47 pm IST

Published - October 21, 2022 03:04 pm IST

A still from ‘Prince’

A British girl is sitting inside a Tamil household, and speaking with who could possibly be her future father-in-law. The warm, Ulaganathan (Sathyaraj), is telling her (Jessica, played by Maria Riaboshapka) that he knows everything and that she could ask him any doubts, especially if it has to do with the Tamil language.

At that exact moment, Anbu's ( Sivakarthikeyan ) phone rings. The ringtone? 'Gumuru Tupuru', from Sivakarthikeyan's earlier hit, Namma Veetu Pillai . Jessica asks Ulaganathan what that means, and...

Prince is a collection of such 'jokes'. Strike that. It has two or three funny lines - most of which have anyway been packaged in the trailer - but the irreverent laugh riot that the makers promised in the promotional interviews seems to have gone missing.

Anbu is based out of a village near Pondicherry but the place isn't real; it's a fictional place where everyone is simple and irreverent. There's a school student who writes a love letter based on a subtitle text he once saw. There's a vegetable vendor who proudly says he knows what bottle gourd is, but he doesn't. And then, there's our protagonist, who actually writes and signs a letter promising his father that he would marry only out of his caste. All these are good ideas on paper, but when it translates to actual scenes on screen, the silly irreverence doesn't hit you as well as it should.

Anudeep KV, who earlier gave us the Telugu hit Jathi Ratnalu , does have a different sense of humour when writing. The jokes aren't meant to pull someone's leg, as is usually the case. They are just simple, silly lines, and mostly out of context, which is supposed to be its USP. But his Prince comes across as just a collection of jokes that belong to a comedy serial.

The core storyline revolves around Anbu’s love for Jessica, but there’s no emotional investment there. The love scenes hardly work; they dangerously veer into humour territory. Maria Riaboshapka’s scenes are passable, and her dance moves in a song show promise, but there’s no meat in the romantic track. Sathyaraj has a commanding presence, as usual, but Premgi Amaren hardly makes an impression. As for Sivakarthikeyan, coming off fresh from the success of Doctor and Don, this is a film he could have done in his sleep. It doesn’t tap into any of his newfound confidence or skills, and rather, is content with highlighting his standard stock of funny expressions and counter dialogues.

What it does explore, though, is his dance skills, which have indeed come a long way since his initial days in the film industry. Watch his feet dart swiftly in the catchy ‘Jessica’ song (music by Thaman), or the fast moves in the ‘Bimbilikki Pilapi’ track. Now, what on earth is ‘Bimbilikki Pilapi’? That’s probably for Prince 2 , a film we hope will never get made.

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Prince movie review: Sivakarthikeyan's charm makes this silly, quirky comedy fun

Prince movie review: sivakarthikeyan's charm and his chemistry with sathyaraj elevate this quirky but silly comedy to a fun watch..

Sivakarthikeyan ’s Prince could be described as an experimental comedy film. I use the word experimental because it isn’t wholesomely entertaining as some of his other films but at the same time it works as a quirky attempt at bringing forth a different style of humour. You could even call it silly humour, which worked beautifully in Anudeep’s last film, Jathi Ratnalu. In Prince, too, it works to a large extent and that’s what makes the comedy refreshing, if not wildly entertaining. The film works when you don’t take it seriously. Also read: Don review: Sivakarthikeyan’s film is a predictable but likeable coming-of-age drama

The plot is simple. It’s about a Tamil boy (Sivakarthikeyan plays Anbu) from a fictional village near Pondicherry falling in love with a British girl (Maria plays Jessica). Sathyaraj plays Anbu’s father (Ulaganathan) and he’s a staunch anti-casteist, who wants his son to marry outside their caste. When Anbu, a social science teacher, falls in love with his colleague Jessica (British), an English teacher, he hopes that his father would be proud of him to fall in love with someone from a different country altogether. Instead of extending his support for their love, Ulaganathan opposes the idea because his father was killed by the British during the independence struggle. Therefore, he doesn’t want someone from that country in his family.

The film relies a lot on quirky one-liners and wordplay. Anudeep’s style of comedy is not everyone’s cup of tea. If you loved what he did with Jathi Ratnalu, Prince won’t disappoint you. Even though the film is not consistently as funny as Jathi Ratnalu, the jokes do work wherever they’re used.

Nobody else but Sivakarthikeyan could’ve made Prince work to this extent. He holds the film together with his charming screen presence and his knack of doing comedy is unmatchable. Sathyaraj is equally good as the father and complements Sivakarthikeyan well in so many scenes. The chemistry between them really comes alive on the screen and it’s a treat to watch.

Prince, as the promos promised, ends up as a harmless romantic comedy. The comedy stretches work and generate ample laughs to keep you invested. The dull stretches do serve as a roadblock in an otherwise breezy story that touches upon the theme of fake nationalism.

Director: KV Anudeep

Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Sathyaraj and Maria Riaboshapka

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Last Updated : 23 Oct, 2022 08:29 AM

Published : 23 Oct 2022 08:29 AM Last Updated : 23 Oct 2022 08:29 AM

ப்ரின்ஸ்: திரை விமர்சனம்

பள்ளி ஆசிரியர் அன்பரசனுக்கும் (சிவகார்த்திகேயன்), அதே பள்ளியின் ஆங்கில ஆசிரியை, பிரிட்டீஷ் பெண் ஜெசிகாவுக்கும் (மரியா) காதல். முற்போக்குச் சிந்தனை கொண்ட அன்பரசனின் தந்தை உலகநாதனுக்கு (சத்யராஜ்) பிரிட்டீஷ் என்றால் ஆகவே ஆகாது. அதற்கு அவர் காரணம் வைத்திருக்கிறார். ஜெசிகாவின் தந்தைக்கு இந்தியன் என்றாலே ஆகாது. அதற்கு இவரிடமும் இருக்கிறது காரணம். இவர்கள் மோதலை மீறி அன்பு - ஜெசிகா காதல் எப்படி ஜெயிக்கிறது என்பது படம்.

சிம்பிளான கதையை, காமெடி கலந்து சொல்ல நினைத்திருக்கிறார் தெலுங்கு இயக்குநர் அனுதீப். அதன்படி மனிதநேய மெசேஜ், போர் இழப்பு, தேசப் பக்தி என்றால் என்னஎன்பதைக் குழைத்து ஜாலி ஆட்டம் ஆடியிருக்கிறார்கள். இதில், பாட்டில்கார்ட் (bottlegourd) காமெடி, ஹியூமானிட்டி, சேர, சோழ பாண்டியன் விளக்கம், ஸ்கூல் பசங்களின் நகைச்சுவை உட்பட பல காட்சிகளுக்கு தியேட்டரில் சிரிப்புச் சத்தம், பலமாகவே கேட்கிறது. ஆனால், மொத்தப் படத்துக்குள்ளும் சில இடங்களில் மட்டுமே காமெடி கைகொடுத்திருப்பதும் சீரியஸ் காட்சிகள் கூட, சீரியல் போல தோன்றும் உருவாக்கத் தரம் பலவீனமாக இருப்பதும் இரண்டுமணிநேரம், கதையை நகர்த்த வலுவான அம்சம் ஏதும் இல்லாமல் இருப்பதும் திரைக்கதையைஏகத்துக்கும் பஞ்சராக்கி இருக்கிறது.

‘டான்’ படத்தில் மாணவனாக வந்த சிவகார்த்திகேயன் இதில் ஆசிரியராக புரமோஷனாகி இருக்கிறார். இந்தக் கதைக்கு எந்த மெனக்கெடலும் தேவையில்லை என்பதால், சட்டையை மாற்றிப் போட்டுவிட்டு வந்ததுமாதிரி அப்படியே இருக்கிறார். ஜெசிகாவை கண்டதுமே காதலில் விழுவதில் தொடங்கி, காதலுக்கு எதிரானவர்களைச் சமாளிப்பது வரை அவர் படும்பாடுதான் படம் என்பதால், தன் கேரக்டரை உள்வாங்கி நடித்திருக்கிறார். நடிப்பிலும் நடனத்திலும் வழக்கம் போல அப்ளாஸ் அள்ளுகிறார்.

பிரிட்டீஷ் பெண் ஜெசிகாவாக உக்ரைன் நடிகை மரியா. வழக்கமான சினிமா காதலிகள் செய்யும் வேலையைதான் இவரும் செய்கிறார். எமோஷனல் காட்சிகளில், நடிப்பில் தடுமாறுகிறார். உலகநாதனாக சத்யராஜ். தனக்கு எல்லாம் தெரியும் என்று காட்டிக் கொள்ளும் கேரக்டர். சாதி, மத வேற்றுமைகளைமறுக்கும் முற்போக்காளரான அவர், பிரிட்டிஷார்மீது வெறுப்பைக் கொண்டிருப்பது அவருடையகதாபாத்திர வடிவமைப்பிலோ முற்போக்கு சிந்தனைகளிலோ இயக்குநருக்கு தெளிவில்லை என்பதையே காட்டுகிறது.

உள்ளூர் வில்லனாக பிரேம்ஜி அமரனை, நெகட்டிவ் கேரக்டரில் பார்க்க வித்தியாசமாகத்தான் இருக்கிறது. சிவாவின் நண்பர்களாக வரும் பாரத், பிராங்ஸ்டார் ராகுல், சதீஷ் ஆகியோர் சில இடங்களில் சிரிக்க வைக்கின்றனர். சிறிது நேரமே வந்தாலும் ஆனந்தராஜ் கிச்சு கிச்சு மூட்டுகிறார்.

தமனின் இசையில் ‘ஜெசிகா’, ‘பிம்பிளிக்கு பிளாப்பி’ பாடல்கள் ரசிக்க வைக்கின்றன. பின்னணி இசை கதையின் ஓட்டத்துக்கு உதவி இருக்கிறது. மனோஜ் பரமஹம்சாவின் ஒளிப்பதிவு, இல்லாத கதையோடு நம்மை இழுத்துச் செல்கிறது.

சமூக அறிவியல் ஆசிரியர் சிவகார்த்திகேயன், பள்ளி நேரத்தில் சினிமாவுக்குச் செல்வது, எளிய வரலாற்றுத் தகவல்கள் கூடதெரியாமல் இருப்பது என பல வகைகளில்மாணவர்களுக்கு மோசமான முன்னுதாரணமாக இருப்பதுதான் காமெடியா இயக்குநரே? என்று கேட்க தோன்றுகிறது.

அன்பு வாசகர்களே....

இந்த ஊரடங்கு காலத்தில் வீட்டை விட்டு வெளியே வராமல் நமக்கு நாமே சமூக விலகல் ( Social Distancing) செய்து கொள்வோம். செய்தி ஊடகங்களின் வழியே உலகுடன் தொடர்பில் இருப்போம். பொதுவெளியில் இருந்து தனிமைப்படுத்திக் கொண்டு கரோனா பரவலைத் தடுப்பதில் நம் பங்கை முழுமையாக இந்த சமூகத்துக்கு அளிப்போம்.

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Prince Movie Review: Sivakarthikeyan and Anudeep's madcap flick offers sporadic laughs

Director anudeep's prince is a madcap comedy that relies on silliness. the slapstick comedy worked in some places, but fell flat in others, says our review..

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• Prince hit the theatres on October 21 ahead of Diwali.
• The comedy film is directed by Anudeep.
• Prince features Sivakarthikeyan, Sathyaraj and Maria Ryaboshapka.

Release Date: 21 Oct, 2022

Sivakarthikeyan started his career as a stand-up comedian and rose to prominence with his witty one-liners. Today, he is a bankable star in the Tamil industry, who has several hit films under his sleeve. When a star like Sivakarthikeyen joins hands with Telugu filmmaker Anudeep, who is known for his slapstick humour, you expect fireworks on screen. Did their film, Prince, offer that?

Anbu (Sivakarthikeyan) is being ostracized by the village for a ‘mistake.’ His father Ulaganathan (Sathyaraj) also agrees with the villagers and gets ready to disown his son. Now comes the flashback. Anbu, who is irregular as a school teacher, goes to school regularly because of a British woman, Jessica (Maria Ryaboshapka). She joins the institution as a teacher. He eventually falls in love with her. While he thinks his father will say yes to their marriage, he says no for a reason. Ulaganathan’s father died in the freedom fight against the Britishers. How will Anbu convince his father and his father-in-law forms the story.

Anudeep’s strength lies in slapstick humour. With the films he has directed, he has established his style of humour which rides on silliness. And Prince is no exception. The film establishes several silly moments and tries to milk humour out of them. Imagine an entire stretch of comedy, just a ‘bottle guard’ that the heroine, Jessica, asks.

Prince, however, offers only sporadic laughs. This madcap film makes you laugh out loud in places but also falls flat on its face several times. Not all one-liners and jokes landed well. The first half of Prince borrowed a lot of the audience’s time to take off. One can handpick moments from the film where the comedy worked. Be it the Anandraj police station scene or the climax stretch about humanity, you see Sivakarthikeyan in full form. Even Sathyaraj is exceptional as the quirky father. Their combination scenes, especially the scene where he’s asked the meaning of Gummuratappura, are funny.

Also, Prince is a self-aware film. The director and the actors make fun of themselves and their previous works and it’s done supportively. That said, the major grouse with Prince are the stretches where the comedy fails to evoke laughs.

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Sivakarthikeyan is in his prime form as Anbu in Prince. His expressions and one-liners are perfect for the situation. And we can literally see the real Sivakarthikeyan playing to his strength on screen. Sathyaraj, as a veteran, explores comedy to a large extent in this film. Maria did a fair job in her debut performance. The real surprise is Premgi Amaren who played the role of land-grabbing mafia head, Boopathy. The audiences are so used to seeing Premgi Amaren in a fun role and to see him playing a serious (to some extent) was a new experience altogether.

Thaman’s music, especially Bimbiiki Pilapi and Jessica, are picturised well by Manoj Paramahamsa. Extra points for Sivakarthikeyan and Maria’s energetic dance moves.

Prince is a madcap comedy that tries to make the audience laugh throughout its runtime. But, you get only occasional laughs in the latter half.

2 out 5 stars for Prince. Published By: K Janani Published On: Oct 21, 2022 --- ENDS --- ALSO READ | Prince trailer out. Sivakarthikeyan, romance and a lot of chaos

'Prince' review: A reasonably effective mindless comedy

Remember Mirchi Shiva’s intro scene in Thamizh Padam 2 where he goes on a monologue about many things random? Did it make you laugh? Or did it make you roll your eyes? If it worked for you, you are in for a ride with Prince, which is a marathon of such humour. Is it unfair to judge a film based on the efficiency of one element? Perhaps not, considering this is the main takeaway of this film.

The humour won’t come across as a shocker to those who have watched Anudeep’s debut Jathi Ratnalu. Be it the naivete in romance, the overenthusiastic body language, or even the floral print shirts, it is hard not to notice similarities between Sivakarthikeyan’s Anbu and Naveen Polisehetty’s Jogipet Srikanth. The plot of Prince is generic and predictable.

A Tamil boy from a family of British haters falls in love with a... Britisher! And naturally, a series of crazy events prevent them from getting together. Another film with a story like this--and an uninspiring screenplay--might have sunk without trace, but he tremendous focus on nonsensical humour keeps Prince afloat. The non-stop jokes, however, don’t always land as intended.

A number of attempts do fall flat but not so much that the good parts get affected. When Sathyaraj’s wife anxiously asks him, “Ungalukku enna dhaan venum?”, he replies, “Nee inga irundhu ponum!” Whenever the film shifts to this rhyme zone, the jokes fail. But a few minutes into the film, I became kinder, as the outlandish portions are brilliant.

A case in point is the whole sequence involving a bottle gourd. For ‘mokkai’ comedy to work, listeners must get used to context and the identity of the person cracking the jokes. This is why inside jokes among friends work, and why it feels absurd for outsiders. It also helps when celebrated stars (Sivakarthikeyan and Sathyaraj) who are known for their humour are cast.

I really doubt if Prince would have been as efficient if not for these two actors. But sadly, the same can’t be said about the rest. Even though Maria gets the lip-sync game almost right, her performance feels right out of a highschool drama. Premgi Amaren, in a non- Venkat Prabhu film, once again doesn’t work. As long as the gags keep coming, we remain distracted from the criminally underwritten screenplay and lacklustre staging. But the flaws become extremely glaring when the film focusses, for instance, on the romance.

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The story is stagnant, and interesting angles— like Jessica (Maria) asking Anbu why he falls for her—are not explored well. Anudeep cleverly saves the best humour for the last act. The extended farewell speech of Anbu revives the film from a painful second act. Without giving away much, this last speech of Prince is absurdity in its most tasteful form.

The title Prince doesn’t bear much relevance to the actual film, except as a tribute to its star actor. Had Anudeep stuck to just mindless fun, without getting distracted by angles like the bland romance, this Prince might have won everyone’s heart.

Movie: Prince

Director: Anudeep KV

Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Maria Riaboshapka, Sathyaraj

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‘Prince’ Review: Sivakarthikeyan’s Film Is a Quirky Take on Love

Prince is the first collaboration between tamil star sivakarthikeyan and telugu filmmaker anudeep., ‘prince’ review: anudeep & sivakarthikeyan’s quirky tale on british-indian love.

If you are from a country which was once colonized by Britain and if you felt sad for Queen Elizabeth’s recent death, you might sync well with the complicated emotion behind Prince .

The story revolves around Anbu ( Sivakarthikeyan ), a school teacher who bunks classes to watch films. A British woman, Jessica (Maria Ryaboshapka) becomes his reason to be back in school with full attendance.

Anbu’s father (Sathyaraj) is a progressive man who urges his son to love a girl outside of their caste and religion. However, he is against their love as he is a staunch patriot who hates the British for enslaving Indians.

The film touches upon colonialism, patriotism, and discrimination based on caste, class and religion, all while being quirky cracking lame jokes.

It raises questions on love at first sight, war and humanity. However, it goes past them casually, for it doesn’t take itself too seriously and also urges us not to.

Right from the first scene, Prince registers that it is not here to take any heavily opinionated stands, rather just explore the absurdities and the silliness of a British-Indian couple’s love story.

The sequence where Sivakarthikeyan explains his patriotism in the funny Varuthapadatha Valibar Sangam style and the cheeky digs at his own super hit lyricals like ‘Gumuru Tappara’ and ‘ Halamathi Habibo ’ from Beast works well.

The film is simple with its ambition to deliver a full-length comedy flick, nothing more or less.

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The actor-director duo try to do what they intend — coherently stitch a bunch of comedic sketches in the pretence of telling a substantial story just like their previous hilarious works, Sivakarthikeyan’s Doctor and Anudeep’s Jathi Ratnalu.

However, in Prince , despite the tremendous opportunity to delve into different kinds of humour, especially with such an off-beat premise and world full of weird characters, it predominantly relies just on the dialogue delivery.

It does work at many places with an embarrassingly silly setup but falls flat in the rest, letting the audience have some chuckles instead of a laughter riot.

Thaman’s music and Sivakarthikeyan’s terrific dance moves do all the heavy lifting for Prince while the screenplay is lazy.

Maria shines in her Tamil debut. Actors Sathyaraj, Soori, Anand raj, Sathish and Youtubers Rahul and Bhaarath perform adequately. Manoj Paramahamsa’s brilliant cinematography is quite evident through the vibrant visuals.

Sivakarthikeyan isn't yet another star. Coming from a non-filmy background to becoming a popular standup comedian, a celebrated television host to a huge star, he is the perfect embodiment of ‘Zero to Hero’ transformation and an inspirational icon for thousands of youth who have nothing else in hand but talent.

And hence, considering him as a role model and watching him as a fan barely meeting his own standards is not satiating enough.

Not that Prince isn’t good. It has interesting elements and does make you laugh at times, but just that it feels like a film that would have worked better had it come a few years back when he was still not the big thing he is today. Unfortunately, he has set his bars high.

The bilingual film, Prince is running in cinemas now.

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Prince Review: A Low Risk, Low Rewards Comedy With Moments Of Inspired ‘Mokkai’

Director: Anudeep KV

Cast: Sivakarthikeyan , Maria Ryaboshapka, Sathyaraj

It might be a long shot to call Anudeep KV’s Jathi Ratnalu a comedy classic, but it had several inventive stretches where it married clever comic writing with a bucketload of pristine randomness. Which other word can you use to describe a film made with so much conviction that they believed they could pull off a five-minute-long gag where its protagonists discuss nothing else apart from the first man in their village to wear a “jeans pant”? Parts of Sivakarthikeyan’s Prince borrows generously from the same part of Anudeep’s brain that seeks poetry in the inane. Get a load of a similar stretch in Prince in which an entire sketch revolves around the Tamil word for bottle gourd. You know where they’re going with this idea, but Anudeep stretches this so far that it’s almost bizarre how sure he is of it.

It’s this sort of manic conviction that makes Prince tolerable, even when nothing’s going for it. Its entire screenplay could fit in the back of a chewing gum wrapper and it’s never really a screenplay as much as it’s an excuse to cue in the next comedic sketch. You might think this is hyperbolic, but trust me when I tell you that its biggest conflict arrives with a central character mistaking Cambridge for a city in France. It’s the kind of film that never takes itself seriously and in its subservience to that philosophy, it makes you feel like a fool for expecting coherence, finish or sense.

Sense, for instance, is so far removed from the world of Prince that the combined IQ of all the main characters is still in the low single digit. Not that that’s necessarily a bad thing. Our defences are always down and you can consistently catch yourself laughing for one liners and setups that are embarrassingly silly. Which is why it feels so organic when you finally have a Tamil movie patriarch (an excellent Sathyaraj) who is actually heartbroken when his daughter elopes with someone from the same caste.

This is also in line with Prince 's central message, which prioritises humanity over caste, religion or regional boundaries. But who are we kidding with this message when the film uses it as an excuse to pack in as many jokes about all nationalities as it can? So when the film’s big climactic speech is being made to advocate a world without borders, the makers can also slip in a joke about women describing the beauty of the borders of their respective sarees. All of this is truly absurd and can only be thought off by a person for whom laughter is both the journey and destination.

This also means that you’re simultaneously cherry picking at what jokes land and what don’t. Some, like a longish stretch involving Soori, is a glorious mess that comes from a very calculative approach for a gloriously random film. Another longish sketch involving Anbu (Sivakarthikeyan) and his three buddies fall flat when they’re trying to force the jokes rather than let it land it peace. You find the same kind of annoying overthinking in the way the songs have been placed as well. Not only do these dance numbers stick out when you’re simply waiting for the next big joke, but you can also sense how they’re being pushed into the film because it kinda, sorta has become a big selling point for its hero.

But even this kind of strategy isn’t something you can blame the hero for in other portions. Sivakarthikeyan stars in perhaps his least heroic film after hitting superstardom, and he’s able to maintain the film’s funny-or-die attitude even through awkward romantic stretches and the slightly less awkward emotional scenes. Adding that he also doesn’t need a sidekick to keep the jokes flowing, you can also see how he’s able to distract us from the severe ineptitude of the foreign actors (the Tamil they speak is insufferable). With its clunky making and questionable production values, there’s nothing in terms of cinematic quality in Prince . Despite this sketch comedy-like polish and the many jokes that go nowhere, Prince is still very watchable. But if you’ve got a place in your heart for some old fashioned "mokkai", you’re likely to leave without worrying too much about how much your standards have fallen.

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Movie: Prince Rating: 2.75/5 Banner: Sree Venkateswara Cinemas LLP Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Maria Riaboshapka, Sathyaraj, and others Story: Anudeep KV & Mohan Sato Music: Thaman S Cinematography: Manoj Paramahamsa Editor: Praveen KL Producers: Suniel Narang, D.SureshBabu, Puskur Ram Mohan Rao Release Date: October 21, 2022

Ever since “Prince” was announced, the film generated hype as it marks the combination of Tamil rising star Sivakarthikeyan and “JathiRatnalu” fame Anudeep. The bilingual hit the theaters today in Telugu and Tamil simultaneously.

Let’s find out whether Anudeep generates laughs again.

Story: Anand (Sivakarthikeyan) works as a teacher in school. His father Vishwanatham (Sathyaraj, a retired employee, wants his children to marry outside their caste or religion.

Vishwanatham is overjoyed when he finds his son fell in love with a foreigner Jessica (Maria), an English teacher in his son’s school.

The only problem is that Vishwanatham hates British people and Jessica turns out to be a British woman.

How will Anand resolve this issue and get married to Jessica?

Artistes’ Performances: Sivakarthikeyan became a huge star in the Tamil film industry with a series of hits like “Doctor” and “Don” and he is good at comedy. The role of Anand is in his zone. He pulls it off so easily.

Ukrainian actress Maria Riaboshapka suits perfectly. Sathyaraj is a huge asset to this film. He takes the responsibility of the main comedian. The film doesn’t have separate comedians. The comedy parts are taken care of by Sivakarthikeyan and Sathyaraj.

Premgi Amaren as a land grabber is neat. The film has only Tamil actors.

Technical Excellence: Thaman has given a peppy soundtrack. Two songs stand out – “Jessica Chilaka” and “‘Bimbilikki Pilapi”. The visuals are bright and colorful.

The film has a short running time but it gives a feel of a lengthy film due to its flimsy plotline. 

Highlights: Anudeep’s mark dialogues The first half The climax comedy

Drawback: No emotional connect Repetitive jokes

Analysis Sathyaraj plays a character who boasts of himself as a very knowledgeable person. He tells his son’s girlfriend that he has mastery over the Telugu language. Around the same time, his son’s phone rings and the ring tone is “Lusku Tapa Lasku Tapa” song. She asks what that means. The funniness of this situation cannot be described in words. Only one would get it while watching. Then there is a five-minute comedy scene about “Bottle gourd” aka sorakaya. After this another worth mentioning scene is of the police station with Anand Raj and the friends of Shiva Karthikeyan. These are three sequences in “Prince" which make the audience laugh.  

Anudeep has a peculiar style of comedy writing. His situations look silly but they work well if the actors can pull them off. Sivakarthikeyan and Sathyaraj have done their best in many places.

The comedy written here is for an educated A center audience.  This cannot be relished by the C-center audience who doesn't know about bottle gourd and Cambridge. Such viewers may miss the taste in funny single liners. 

Moreover, nativity is totally missing in the film with Tamil actors all over. There should have been a mix of Telugu audience like in pan India style films. Had that been done, the range of the film would have gone to the next level. Barring that limitation, everything goes well. 

Anudeep ends his films well. In “Prince”, too, it ended on a funny note. All said, “Prince” is neither a laughing riot nor a boring watch. It lands somewhere in between. Like Anudeep’s previous movie, it is silly but offers some decent comedy portions.

Bottom line: Works in parts

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Prince Movie Review: A reasonably effective mindless comedy

Rating: ( 2.5 / 5).

Remember Mirchi Shiva's intro scene in Thamizh Padam 2 where he goes on a monologue about many things random? Did it make you laugh? Or did it make you roll your eyes? If it worked for you, you are in for a ride with Prince , which is a marathon of such humour. Is it unfair to judge a film based on the efficiency of one element? Perhaps not, considering this is the main takeaway of this film.

Director: Anudeep KV Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Maria Riaboshapka, Sathyaraj

The humour won't come across as a shocker to those who have watched Anudeep's sophomore feature, Jathi Ratnalu . Be it the naivete in romance, the over-enthusiastic body language, or even the floral print shirts, it is hard not to notice similarities between Sivakarthikeyan's Anbu and Naveen Polisehetty's Jogipet Srikanth.

The plot of Prince is generic and predictable. A Tamil boy from a family of British haters falls in love with a... Britisher! And naturally, a series of crazy events prevent them from getting together. Another film with a story like this--and an uninspiring screenplay--might have sunk without trace, but he tremendous focus on nonsensical humour keeps Prince afloat.

The non-stop jokes, however, don't always land as intended. A number of attempts do fall flat but not so much that the good parts get affected. When Sathyaraj's wife anxiously asks him, "Ungalukku enna dhaan venum?" , he replies, "Nee inga irundhu ponum!" Whenever the film shifts to this rhyme zone, the jokes fail. But a few minutes into the film, I became kinder, as the outlandish portions are brilliant. A case in point is the whole sequence involving a bottle gourd.

For 'mokkai' comedy to work, listeners must get used to context and the identity of the person cracking the jokes. This is why inside jokes among friends work, and why it feels absurd for outsiders. It also helps when celebrated stars (Sivakarthikeyan and Sathyaraj) are cast humour. I really doubt if Prince would have been as efficient if not for these two actors. But sadly, the same can't be said about the rest. Even though Maria gets the lip-sync game almost right, her performance feels right out of a highschool drama. Premgi Amaren, in a non-Venkat Prabhu film, once again doesn't work.

As long as the gags keep coming, we remain distracted from the criminally under-written screenplay and lacklustre staging. But the flaws become extremely glaring when the film focusses, for instance, on the romance. The story is stagnant, and interesting angles--like Jessica (Maria) asking Anbu why he falls for her--are not explored well.

Anudeep cleverly saves the best humour for the last act. The extended farewell speech of Anbu revives the film from a painful second act. Without giving away much, this last speech of Prince is absurdity in its most tasteful form.

The title Prince doesn't bear much relevance to the actual film, except as a tribute to its star actor. Had Anudeep stuck to just mindless fun, without getting distracted by angles like the bland romance, this Prince might have won everyone's heart.

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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ; Firstpost Defence Summit Entertainment Web Stories Health Supplement First Sports Fast and Factual Between The Lines Firstpost America Prince movie review: A partly effective spoof or a juvenile joke? Prince is a mixed bag. For those who enjoy the grand comic set-up with momentary payoff, for those who have the patience to relate with such elaborate set up, it is an enjoyable entertainer. Language: Tamil Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Maria Ryaboshapka, Sathyaraj Director: Anudeep KV Star rating: 2/5 After Sivakarthikeyan’s performance in Doctor , fans are left with high expectations. So when Prince was touted by the filmmakers to be a no-holds-barred comedy, many expected magic. This genre, in a way, is Sivakarthikeyan’s playing field. Yet, something went horribly wrong with Prince because the laughs were just not enough. From the very beginning, I had this sinking feeling with the dialogues as it did not land in many occasions. The film itself is a romantic comedy about a young Tamil man falling in love with a British girl settled in India. His father is a communist who pushes his children to marry out of caste, but he is also a nationalist who has a special place in his heart just to hate on the newer generations of Britishers for the sins of their ancestors. So, Prince attempts to dig deeper by drawing in the ill feelings that certain sections of Indians have towards a country and the country persons that enslaved them. Can something as sensitive and serious as reparation for enslavement and racism really be used as fodder for something that is shallow from the very outset? It is only much later that the film sets itself up as a spoof. Especially the confrontation between Anbu and his father about his love for an English girl hints at the direction that the film wants to take. When Jessica says, “We gave you the railways, education…” and ends it by saying, “We even gave you freedom,” it strikes a nerve. This is the stand that white supremacists and people with saviour complex have repeatedly said when asked about reparation for the actions of their ancestors. A similar belief is also held by a huge section of upper caste community in India. They believe that they liberated the Dalit and Adivasi community from being ‘uncouth’, ‘uncivilized’, and ‘uncultured’. So they try to erase the oppression. However, the potential of this scene is visible only fleetingly. The comic expression on Sathyaraj ’s face is the only evidence of this potential. This flaw in the screenplay sabotages the film to a great extent. So, the jokes that were promised in the film is juvenile and the payoff for any comedic set-up is too late too little. Take, for instance, the moment when the white girlfriend wants to buy bottle gourd! The fact that Anbu, the hero of this tale doesn’t know that Sorakkai is bottle gourd is the beginning of a joke that is too long, with a short payoff. We understand that the male ego doesn’t let this young man accept that he doesn’t know something that his crush does. He continues to pretend as if he knows what she is talking about. What really is hilarious is that Anbu finds a vegetable seller who wants to continue a facade with his own wife as well. He apparently impressed her with his English while courting her. The amount of world-building that goes into this sketch, even if half of it had been put into building Jessica as a person, or Anbu’s family, the film would have been better of for it. Instead, it goes round and round in stressing how Anbu has betrayed his village by failing in love with an English girl. It is hilarious how Anbu’s father (Sathyaraj) was accepting of their relationship when he had believed that she was French. A quick note on Indian history and the European forces that occupied the nation at different times, La Compagnie française des Indes Orientales (French East India Company) set up an outpost in Pondicherry — now Puducherry. It is at this point that I began to see the film as a spoof. One that is a commentary on everything that the society today is most obsessed with. From K-drama, and reparation to hypernationalism, the film broaches it all, but ineffectively because of the earlier stated flaw in screenplay. The huge holes in the screenplay is fixed momentarily with juvenile jokes. Prince would have done much better had it stuck by its conviction to make the dark jokes about society stick. Instead, the flimsy nature of commentary within the film makes the attempt nothing but laughable. Anbu and Jessica’s love story is not something to root for because all we see of their relationship is song and dance moments. It is so shallow that his own friends end up believing that he is dating her to settle down abroad. Another self-deprecating joke here, I am sure. This is probably one of the few moments that I did truly enjoy because it feels as if the filmmaker made a self-aware comment regarding how much of Anbu’s intention we were allowed to see. These are thoughts, that one would really begin to form at the end of the film, because at the beginning, all of it seems disconnected and distorted. From a simple tale of a social science teacher falling in love with an English teacher, the film tries to build many layers. However, not one of them is portrayed with clarity. Even the dad jokes in the film come off as juvenile, but not juvenile enough to be enjoyed. It occupies this weird space in the joke world where the lines just travel above your head and flats flat on its face. So Prince is a mixed bag. For those who enjoy the grand comic set-up with momentary payoff, for those who have the patience to relate with such elaborate set up, it is an enjoyable entertainer. Otherwise, it is a missed opportunity. Prince is playing in cinemas Priyanka Sundar is a film journalist who covers films and series of different languages with special focus on identity and gender politics. Read all the  Latest News ,  Trending News ,  Cricket News ,  Bollywood News ,  India News  and  Entertainment News  here. Follow us on  Facebook ,  Twitter  and  Instagram . 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Today, he is a bankable celebrity in the Tamil cinema business with several blockbuster movies to his credit. You anticipate on-screen explosions when a performer like Sivakarthikeyen teams together with slapstick-loving Telugu director Anudeep. Anudeep's invented town is a humorous and carefree place in his universe. Everyone is innocent and simple-minded, and nothing is taken seriously. In summary, Anudeep provides us with just what we were hoping for. Also Read:  Are Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra planning to live-in together before marriage? The plot of Prince centres on a teacher who develops feelings for a British colleague. The movie takes place in a made-up town close to the Cuddalore-Pondicherry region. This couple's romantic history comes up for debate, which sparks an intriguing narrative. The movie moves at a leisurely pace and exudes joy. Without making an effort, it succeeds in leaving a lasting impression and conveying some significance. Also Read:  Black Adam review: Not Dwayne Johnson, DC fans cheering for THIS actor Sivakarthikeyan, Maria Ryaboshapka, Sathyaraj, and Premgi Amaren are among the actors who appear in Prince. Anudeep KV directs the movie. The film's director of photography is Manoj Paramahamsa, while its editor is Praveen KL. The soundtrack for the film was written by Thaman S.  Well, some moviegoers have already seen the film and praised it and called it a perfect entertainer. Check out Prince's review by netizens below  Diwali 2022 Prince Review Sivakarthikeyan Latest Videos RELATED STORIES Pill trailer OUT: Ritesh Deshmukh takes the audiences into the world of Pharma scam Who is Bhavana Ramanna? Kannada actress supports Darshan, says 'I stand by Darshan' Paradise REVIEW: Is Roshan Mathew, Darshana Rajendran’s film worth watching? 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(WATCH) Masked gang attacks Kerala youths on Salem-Kochi National Highway; vandalizes car Change Password Top 20 Songs Top 100 Movies Prince Review - A clean absurd comedy that struggles with the consistency of laughs! Published date : 21/oct/2022. Prince – A clean absurd comedy that struggles with the consistency of laughs! Bharath Vijayakumar I am not sure if calling Prince an absurd comedy is appropriate. The characters on screen might seem illogical and absurd but this is a film that actually mocks at the absurdness of the society. Before anything else, let me make it clear that Prince is certainly one of the most politically correct films in the mainstream space. Whether the film works or not is a different question, but Anudeep and his team deserve praise and respect for what they have set out to achieve and for what they have achieved with regards to this aspect. Karthik Subbaraj’s Jagame Thandhiram talked about boundaries and the plight of immigrants in the guise of an action film. Anudeep’s Prince takes the comedy route. Ulaganathan (Sathyaraj) is a progressive individual who is against every form of discrimination. So much so, that he is ashamed that his daughter chooses to marry someone within caste. When his son chooses a girl from a different nationality, you would assume he would be delighted. Yes, he is delighted but the happiness is cut short when he gets to know her nationality. True to his name (Ulaganathan), he loves the entire world. But his love also comes with a clause. He just cannot stand the British. Prince is an important film for the message it conveys. As simple and repetitive as the message may seem, the fact that the message is very relevant today is a disturbing fact. The characterization of Ulaganathan is such an important reminder about how even the most progressive can sometimes stick on to something so irrelevant. It is such a pleasant surprise to see a filmmaker not just talk about equality but also do it from the POV of someone from the other side. This is where Prince stands apart with its integrity. It is not the hero or ‘us’ who teaches a lesson or two about empathy. It is the heroine’s family or ‘them’ who end up doing it in Prince. The previous sentence is actually inappropriate. Anudeep’s intention is to not call anyone ‘THEM’ but bring everyone under the umbrella of ‘US'. Bottomline: Prince isn’t as funny or entertaining as it should have been. But a couple of stretches bring the roof down. It is a clean absurd comedy with an important message at its core. I really wish that a lot more jokes worked but this is a simple film that deserves respect for its intentions. 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It's about a Tamil boy (Sivakarthikeyan plays Anbu) from a fictional village near Pondicherry ... ப்ரின்ஸ்: திரை விமர்சனம் பள்ளி ஆசிரியர் அன்பரசனுக்கும் (சிவகார்த்திகேயன்), அதே ... Prince movie review: Sivakarthikeyan's absurd comedy drama works in Prince movie review: Director Anudeep's brand of comedy is unique and might not be for everyone. ... The Indian Express website has been rated GREEN for its credibility and trustworthiness by Newsguard, a global service that rates news sources for their journalistic standards. Prince (2022 film) Prince is a 2022 Indian Tamil-language romantic comedy film directed by K. V. Anudeep, who co-wrote the script with Anand Narayanan and Mohan Saro.The film is produced by Sree Venkateswara Cinemas and Suresh Productions.It stars Sivakarthikeyan, alongside Maria Ryaboshapka and Sathyaraj in the lead roles. Premgi Amaren, Subbu Panchu, Sathish Krishnan and VTV Ganesh appears in the supporting roles. Prince Movie Review: Sivakarthikeyan and Anudeep's madcap flick offers Prince hit the theatres on October 21 ahead of Diwali. The comedy film is directed by Anudeep. Prince features Sivakarthikeyan, Sathyaraj and Maria Ryaboshapka. Rating: Release Date: 21 Oct, 2022. Sivakarthikeyan started his career as a stand-up comedian and rose to prominence with his witty one-liners. Today, he is a bankable star in the Tamil ... Prince (2010) Prince: Directed by Kookie Gulati. With Vivek Oberoi, Isaiah, Aruna Shields, Nandana Sen. A wanted thief races against time to find an antique coin after he commits the biggest heist of his life and wakes up the next day with no memories. 'Prince' review: A reasonably effective mindless comedy Anudeep cleverly saves the best humour for the last act. The extended farewell speech of Anbu revives the film from a painful second act. Without giving away much, this last speech of Prince is ... Prince (2010 film) Prince - It's Showtime! (simply Prince) is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language science fiction action thriller film directed by Kookie Gulati. Co-produced by Kumar S. Taurani and Ramesh S. Taurani under the banner of Tips Industries, the film stars Vivek Oberoi as the titular amnesiac thief who races against time to find an antique coin and becomes surrounded by several people wanting the coin ... Prince (2010) Kookie V. Gulati's 'Prince' is a film that works in bits and pieces. It has a terrific first hour, but the second hour struggles. However, It's amazing music, Camera-work, Action/Stunts and a superb performance by Vivek Oberoi makes this half-hearted fare a decent one-time watch. Prince Movie Review: This comedy falls flat despite quirky premise Prince Movie Review : This comedy falls flat despite quirky premise. Times Of India. M Suganth, TNN, Oct 21, 2022, 10.09 AM IST Critic's Rating: 2.0/5. Prince Movie Synopsis: An Indian man falls ... 'Prince' Review: Sivakarthikeyan's Film Is a Quirky Take On Love Thaman's music and Sivakarthikeyan's terrific dance moves do all the heavy lifting for Prince while the screenplay is lazy. Maria shines in her Tamil debut. Actors Sathyaraj, Soori, Anand raj ... Prince Review: A Low Risk, Low Rewards Comedy With Moments Of Inspired It's the kind of film that never takes itself seriously and in its subservience to that philosophy, it makes you feel like a fool for expecting coherence, finish or sense. Sense, for instance, is so far removed from the world of Prince that the combined IQ of all the main characters is still in the low single digit. Prince Movie Review: Silly, But Funny Movie: Prince Rating: 2.75/5 Banner: Sree Venkateswara Cinemas LLP Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Maria Riaboshapka, Sathyaraj, and others Story: Anudeep KV & Mohan Sato Music: Thaman S Cinematography: Manoj Paramahamsa Editor: Praveen KL Producers: Suniel Narang, D.SureshBabu, Puskur Ram Mohan Rao Release Date: October 21, 2022. Ever since "Prince" was announced, the film generated hype as it ... Prince Movie Review: A reasonably effective mindless comedy As long as the gags keep coming, we remain distracted from the criminally under-written screenplay and lacklustre staging. But the flaws become extremely glaring when the film focusses, for instance, on the romance. The story is stagnant, and interesting angles--like Jessica (Maria) asking Anbu why he falls for her--are not explored well. Prince Movie Review The Times of India, TNN, Updated: Apr 11, 2016, 08.16 PM IST Critic's Rating: 2.5/5. Story: Super chor Prince loses his memory after a grand heist and ends up being chased by two other chors and ... Prince PRINCE MOVIE REVIEW: Review by : Harish: Starring: Vivek Oberoi, Aruna Shields, ... (great for Indian movie standards), exceptional lighting, brilliant background score, thundering sound effects ... Prince movie review: A partly effective spoof or a juvenile joke? Cast: Sivakarthikeyan, Maria Ryaboshapka, Sathyaraj. Director: Anudeep KV. Star rating: 2/5. After Sivakarthikeyan's performance in Doctor , fans are left with high expectations. So when Prince was touted by the filmmakers to be a no-holds-barred comedy, many expected magic. This genre, in a way, is Sivakarthikeyan's playing field. Prince Review: Sivakarthikeyan, Anudeep's film is a HIT or FLOP? Read Sivakarthikeyan began his career as a stand-up comic and became well-known for his clever one-liners. Today, he is a bankable celebrity in the Tamil cinema business with several blockbuster movies to his credit. You anticipate on-screen explosions when a performer like Sivakarthikeyen teams together with slapstick-loving Telugu director Anudeep. Prince movie review: Sivakarthikeyan film is entertaining in bits and Prince is a breezy entertainer which has comedy as its forte. Even though the plot is predictable, the film is filled with entertainment at regular intervals. Finally, this is a kind of film in ... Movie Review: Prince (2010) Movie Review: Prince (2010) 2.5 Stars (out of 4) 2008's Drona aspired to be an original, inspirational Indian superhero movie, but failed to reach its potential. Prince, while derivative of Western superhero movies, succeeds as a fun action flick sure to spawn a sequel. Prince (Vivek Oberoi) is an anti-hero who makes James Bond look like a ... Prince Movie Review: Sivakarthikeyan's Romcom Gets a Thumbs ... 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