Hollywood
has
come
up
with
so
many
movies
on
memory
loss,
while
Bollywood
too
has
had
its
share
of
films
which
depicted
the
protagonist
losing
his
memory,
Ghajini
being
the
most
recent
example.
But
what
if
someone
robs
your
memory?
Quite
an
interesting
thought,
isn't
it?
One
of
the
advantages
of
having
a
GenNext
director
is,
he's
ready
to
take
risks,
ready
to
tread
the
untrodden
path,
ready
to
go
where
no
one
has
been
before.
But
there's
a
disadvantage
too:
Visuals
and
technique
take
precedence,
while
story
takes
a
backseat.
Prince
has
a
terrific
first
half,
where
technique
and
content
go
hand
in
hand,
but
technique
overpowers
the
content
in
its
post-interval
portions.
What
surprises
you
is
that
Prince
is
penned
by
the
writer
of
Race
[Shiraz
Ahmed]
and
like
Race,
Prince
too
has
several
twists
and
turns
every
15
odd
minutes.
But
the
twists
and
turns
are
a
mixed
bag
here
-
captivating
at
times,
not
captivating
at
some
places.
More
on
that
later!
On
the
brighter
side,
Prince
has
great
stunts
and
chase
sequences
[Allan
Amin],
fantastic
visuals
[South
Africa]
and
of
course,
a
chartbuster
musical
score
[Sachin
Gupta].
And
these
three
factors,
coupled
with
Vivek
Oberoi's
convincing
performance,
should
take
the
film
to
safety!
One
of
the
savviest
thieves
in
the
world
[Vivek
Oberoi]
commits
the
biggest
heist
of
his
life.
He
wakes
up
next
the
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,
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.
Every
day
he
meets
a
new
girl
claiming
to
be
Maya.
He
doesn't
remember
where
he
has
hidden
the
Heist.
He
has
just
dive
days
of
his
life.
Time
is
running
out...
Although
Prince
stands
on
a
novel
premise,
flashes
of
the
Dev
Anand
starrer
Jewel
thief
do
cross
your
mind.
Prince
starts
off
with
a
heist
and
soon
after,
Vivek
realises
that
his
memory
has
been
'erased'.
The
mystery
only
deepens
when
he
meets
three
different
women,
all
posing
as
Maya
and
all
having
a
new
story
to
tell.
So
far,
so
good!
But
the
difficult
part
is
to
keep
the
viewer's
interest
alive
till
the
finale
and
that's
where
Prince
starts
crumbling.
The
second
hour
-
the
entire
journey
of
Prince
and
the
real
Maya
going
on
a
wild
chase
to
trace
the
coin
and
also
regain
Prince's
memory
-
is
exciting
in
bits
and
spurts.
The
concept
of
erasing
a
person's
memory
and
then
inserting
it
back
with
chips
and
gizmos
sounds
wow,
but
the
way
it
has
been
projected
in
the
film
is
ludicrous
and
far
from
convincing.
Ditto
for
the
climax,
when
Prince
traces
the
villain
to
the
Afghan-Pakistan
border.
He
does
so
after
he
had
hidden
a
device
in
the
villain's
shoes,
while
he
was
being
bashed
in
the
earlier
sequence.
Also,
showing
Prince
having
the
same
qualities
as
Spiderman
[he
can
cast
a
web
anytime
he's
in
distress]
makes
you
wonder,
is
he
an
ordinary
mortal
or
a
super
human?
Director
Kookie
Gulati
has
an
eye
for
visuals
and
that's
evident
from
the
very
start
of
the
film
itself.
The
film
looks
magnificent
and
wears
an
international
look
as
well.
Shiraz
Ahmed's
screenplay
is
watertight
in
the
first
hour,
but
leaves
a
lot
to
be
desired
in
the
latter
portions.
Dialogues
[Mayur
Puri]
are
well
worded.
Cinematography
[Vishnu
Rao]
is
top
notch
and
the
eye-filling
locations
are
a
visual
treat.
Allan
Amin's
stunts
and
chases
are
mesmeric.
Sachin
Gupta's
musical
score
is
trendy
and
catchy.
Vivek
is
super
in
a
rather
difficult
role.
He
is
excellent
in
dramatic
portions
especially
and
carries
off
the
stunts
with
remarkable
ease.
Nandana
is
effective.
Neeru
doesn't
get
much
scope.
Aruna
is
the
best
of
the
lot.
Sanjay
Kapoor
enacts
his
part
well.
Dalip
Tahil
is
alright.
Isaiah
has
screen
presence
and
looks
ferocious
on
screen.
Rajesh
Khattar
is
hardly
there.
On
the
whole,
Prince
has
great
music,
super
stunts,
Vivek
Oberoi's
bravura
performance
and
terrific
promotion
as
its
trump
card,
but
where
it
falters
is
in
its
writing
[in
its
second
half
mianly].
Yet,
all
said
and
done,
the
film
has
the
merits
to
strike
a
chord
with
the
youth
and
lovers
of
masala
movies.