Prince (2011 film)
Prince is a 2011 Indian Kannada-language action film starring Darshan, Nikita Thukral and Jennifer Kotwal[1] in the lead roles. The film has been directed and written by Om Prakash Rao and produced by Sandesh Nagaraj under Sandesh Combines.The music of the film was composed by V. Harikrishna. The movie is a remake of the 2006 Telugu film Shock.[2]
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| Directed by | Om Prakash Rao |
| Written by | M. S. Ramesh (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | N. Omprakash Rao |
| Produced by | Sandesh Nagaraj |
| Starring | Darshan Jennifer Kotwal Nikita Thukral |
| Cinematography | Venus Murthy |
| Edited by | Lakshman Reddy |
| Music by | V. Harikrishna |
Production company | Sandesh Combines |
| Distributed by | Sandesh Combines |
Release date |
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Running time | 2 hours 42 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Kannada |
Premise
Vishnuvardhan "Vishnu", an advertising professional, sets on a crusade with his journalist friend Preethi, to finish corrupt police officers Hemanth, Abdullah and Siddhanth, who are responsible for framing Vishnu as a naxalite and killing his pregnant wife Anjali.
Cast
- Darshan as Vishuvardhan "Vishnu"
- Nikita Thukral as Anjali
- Jennifer Kotwal as Preethi
- Aadi Lokesh as Abdullah
- Avinash as Hemanth
- Rangayana Raghu as Raghunath
- Shobhraj as Siddhanth
- Ramesh Bhat as Police Commissioner
- Ravi Chethan as Vishnu's colleague
- Suchendra Prasad as CBI Officer Chandrakanth Nair
- Rekha. V. Kumar
- Sangeetha Gowda
- Bullet Prakash
- Rockline Sudhakar
- K. V. Manjayya
- Swasthik Shankar
- Ganesh Rao Kesarkar
- Shankar Narayan
- Aravind Rao
- Savitha Krishnamurthy
- Ravindra nath
- A. T. Raghu
- Sathyajith
- Anil Kumar
- Honnavalli Krishna
- Om Prakash Rao
Soundtrack
The music was composed by V. Harikrishna and released by Anand Audio Video.
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| Released | Jan 31, 2011 | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 21:44 | |||
| Label | Anand Audio Video | |||
| Producer | V. Harikrishna | |||
| V. Harikrishna chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Benglooralli" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Tippu | 4:09 |
| 2. | "Khushiyalli" | Jayanth Kaikini | Shaan, Rita | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Sanje Timealli" | Yogaraj Bhat | Jassie Gift, Anuradha Bhat | 4:42 |
| 4. | "Sarvadhikari" | Kaviraj | Ranjith, Priya Himesh | 4:06 |
| 5. | "Karnataka Bumper" | V. Nagendra Prasad | Shankar Mahadevan, Anuradha Sriram | 4:34 |
| Total length: | 21:44 | |||
Reception
Critical response
A critic from The Times of India scored the film at 3 out of 5 stars and wrote "While Darshan has done justice to the role, Nikhita, who begins on a glamorous note stirs out a good performance. Venus Murthya's cinematography fails to impress".[3] Shruti Indira Lakshminarayana from Rediff.com scored the film at 1.5 out of 5 stars and says "Om and Darshan have given entertaining films like Ayya and Kalasipalya. However, they disappoint with Prince. But then again you can't say they didn't warn you as their film posters read Prince… 'The stupid fellow'!".[4] BSS from Deccan Herald wrote "if only for the chase in the climax. Using the thespians’ names and their cutouts are mere ruses. A ‘different’ revenge story whose origins are numerous and confusing, Prince is strictly for Darshan and Omprakash Rao fans".[5] A critic from Bangalore Mirror wrote " If only the director had paid more attention to the nuances and intricacies. To sum up, an effort gone awry, a far cry from Rao’s previous work Huli, a technically-perfect flick".[6]
References
- "Jennifer is all praises for her 'Prince'". Deccan Herald. 21 July 2010.
- "Prince Movie Review". chitraloka.com. 31 March 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- "PRINCE MOVIE REVIEW". The Times of India. 14 May 2016.
- "Prince is disappointing". Rediff.com. 4 April 2011.
- "Prince". Deccan Herald. 1 April 2011.
- "Prince: Running for cover". Bangalore Mirror. 31 March 2011.