Prince review: Sivakarthikeyan is entertaining but deserves a better debut in Telugu

A Tamil-Telugu bilingual film, Prince starts with people in Devankottai village talking about Anand (Sivakarthikeyan) who is asked to leave the place. Anand starts narrating the story behind the incident.

Anand is a secondary school teacher who falls in love with his colleague Jessica (Maria), a British woman. His father Viswanath (Sathyaraj) is against endogamy and encourages his children to marry whomever they like – irrespective of caste, creed and religion.

However, Jessica’s father doesn’t like her association with Anand. Soon things start going wrong in the village and the locals ask Anand to leave the place.

What’s the reason behind their decision? Is Jessica’s father to be blamed or are the villagers have any role to play in this? Watch the movie to find the answers.

Entertaining in bits and pieces

Sivakarthikeyan’s Prince is a laughter riot. The first half is entertaining enough in some parts. Nevertheless, the second half is a bit boring; the main plot begins here though.

The film showcases Anand’s ordeal – convincing his father who doesn’t approve of his love upon learning that Jessica is British.

Sivakarthikeyan is an excellent performer. With every film, he proves that he is excelling in the art.

In Prince too, he did a great job as Anand. He is the reason why the movie got so much weightage. In fact, he is the only person who keeps tickling our funny bones.

Sathyaraj is quite entertaining in the film and demonstrates that he is a versatile actor.

Maria bagged a meaty role for her debut and did a decent job. Premgi pulled off his role with ease.

Director fails to meet expectations

In 2001, director Anudeep succeeded in making the audience laugh with Jathi Ratnalu starring Naveen Polishetty, Priyadarshi and Rahul Ramakrishna.

It’s natural for the viewers to expect the same kind of comedy and entertainment in Prince, too. But unfortunately, the flick doesn’t live up to their expectations.

It is entertaining in bits and pieces. There are times when you want to leave the theatre and take a break from the bad narration.

The dialogues are well-written. Anudeep managed to get them written in his style. The screenplay is good and so are the ways those dialogues are delivered with performance.

The colour tone and camera frames, visuals and beauty of the locations have been captured well by cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa. Music by Thaman is good to a certain extent.

#Prince is all yours now ?? Director @anudeepfilm ’s style of humour wil make you happy in this festive season ❤️ Enjoy this light hearted, simple yet fun film in cinemas with ur friends and family ??#PrinceFromToday ?#PrinceDiwali ? pic.twitter.com/mriJdjDx3r

— Sivakarthikeyan (@Siva_Kartikeyan) October 20, 2022

Interesting concept but poor execution

The expectations were really high since the day Prince was announced, especially since it’s Anudeep’s directorial. But it turned out to be a box office dud this festive season because the viewers have watched scores of movies with a similar storyline.

Prince, apparently, lacks the excitement the curiosity needed for a film to make the viewers sit through and watch. Few scenes appear to have been forcibly inserted, though they make you laugh.

The concept of the film is interesting but the way it has been executed and presented is certainly not.

When you have a hero like Sivakarthikeyan on board, it is important to keep his market and range in mind. But seems like Anudeep wrote a story without keeping all this in mind.

It would have been a lot better if he came up with a better story for Sivakarthikeyan to tell. It’s definitely not an exciting watch!