Prince
- Director
- Kookie Gulati
- Studio
- Tips Industries
- Release Date
- 8 April 2010
- Language
- Hindi
- Budget
- ₹37.00 Cr
- Box Office
- ₹48.00 Cr
Review
Sidharth Malhotra's "Prince" operates in that peculiar space where ambition outpaces execution, yet the film's sheer narrative audacity deserves acknowledgment. The amnesia-driven premise, layered with the brain chip revelation and the dual-Maya deception, shows genuine effort to construct a labyrinthine thriller. Director Anurag Kashyap builds tension effectively in stretches, particularly when the stakes become visceral—the six-day countdown and the betrayal sequences generate real momentum. However, the film struggles with tonal consistency; it oscillates between campy spy-thriller and earnest sci-fi drama without fully committing to either, and the exposition-heavy dialogue occasionally stalls the pacing. Malhotra carries the film with committed physicality, though the screenplay doesn't grant him sufficient interiority to make Prince's vulnerability resonate beyond the plot mechanics.
Where "Prince" stumbles most painfully is in character coherence and emotional logic. The supporting cast—particularly the twin Mayas—feel more like narrative devices than fully realized people, and their motivations strain credibility even within the film's heightened universe. The climax, while visually engaging with its waterfall confrontation, resolves the central conflict too neatly before that final twist, which feels grafted on rather than organically seeded. That ending does provoke intrigue, but it arrives too late to retroactively justify the narrative's convoluted middle section
Storyline
Prince wakes up with complete amnesia and immediately gets pulled into a dizzying web of deception! He meets two different girls claiming to be his girlfriend Maya, each with wildly different stories about stolen coins, police operations, and a dangerous criminal named Sarang. The puzzle pieces don't fit—one Maya seems legit, the other (actually named Serena) appears to be playing him—and Prince's got to figure out who's lying before he gets used as a pawn in something sinister.
Things spiral fast when the truth explodes in his face: there's a chip embedded in his brain that's literally destroying him, erasing his memory every time he sleeps, and he's got six days to live! The real Maya reveals the horrifying backstory while Sarang closes in, and suddenly it's a frantic race to find the one coin that can save Prince's life. Fake Mayas, real Mayas, betrayals from his own servants, and chase sequences galore—Prince barely keeps the coin safe before he collapses, only to wake up kidnapped by someone he thought was his friend.
The final showdown is absolutely bonkers! Prince hunts down Sarang with a tracking device, corners him at a waterfall, and reclaims the coin that'll give him his life back. Victory tastes sweet as he and Maya finally embrace their happily-ever-after—except hold up, because the last shot reveals Serena's eyes fluttering open, suggesting this nightmare is far from over! That twist ending hits like a punch to the gut and makes you immediately want to rewatch the whole thing.
