So we went to Rex Theatre and paid 170 Indian National Rupees and sat in the AC-less theatre to watch PRINCE - ITS SHOWTIME!!!. I have been reading reviews by Masand,Anupama Chopra and all of them had referred to Viveik Oberoi using the tagline excessively whenever he gets into some action.Thats absolutely wrong.He has used it just two times and all the rest of them have been used by other characters in the movie.
From the very beginning Viveik catches your attention when he pulls of one of the most difficult and biggest heists in the history of the world(again according to the reporters in the movie).
Viviek has given one of his best performances of his career so far( because he has given so few of them) but probably had a danda smashed into his ass from behind because he was in lot of pain throughout.The expression on his face was Oscar-worthy.
But as a brave actor he tries his best not to show the pain by looking and acting cool(he has to act since he is not really cool) and telling or being told "ITS SHOWTIME!!!. The way he tells or is told "ITS SHOWTIME!!" is classy and cheesy(wondering how it can be both at the same time,you have to check out the movie to believe it).Not much to say about Viviek's performance as it was a one expression throughout.
Coming to the villain of the movie "I dont know who" , he too like the villains of the 70s has an Iron Hand and supposedly is this all powerful man who can do anything anywhere,yet he drives around mostly in a truck and hams his entire performance.This is not the first movie where an aura his created around the villain, but the end is so tame that you end up wondering "Powerful- Dude really?".
And now my favourite part -the original reason why i had gone - the babes( for all the feminists- i am not degrading the women folk into objects ,but giving them more importance for being the sole reason to draw ppl into the theatres ;)) .I was wanting to check out how Aruna Shields acted(acting is just a lame reason).Anyway she is the last heroine to be introduced as Maya, and she mouths cliched dialogues we have been hearing from all hangers of superheroes of our beloved Bollywood. Good thing is that she has a fabulous bod to show off and this distracts you from her boring act.
As for the rest of the heroines-there is one who is there just to take her paycheque and does all the wrong things with one justification "yeh sab mein hamariliye kar rahin hoon".And for all the boys who are hoping to see her in a bikini-i am sad to say that is only for the Tv viewers,that scene has been cut from the movie.
The third actress Nandana Sen.Normally she has done bold roles in the past but that somehow was justified given the script(i know i know "the script demanded it" but it really did given Nandana's case).But here there are only two things she is doing here-
1) shooting Viviek from terraces,trains,helicopters and all possible places ,yet not able to hit him even once.
2)making out with Viveik and and overtly trying to show off her assets at every possible chance.
I think the tagline was written keeping her in mind "ITS SHOWTIME!!!"
And yeah since i had read all the reviews beforehand i did notice all the leathers worn by the protagonists.Really dont know what to comment on that.
So there goes my review of Prince and oh yes- i almost forgot - one of the baddies does survive and there is a clear indicator for PRINCE 2 - was wondering what the tagline for that would be.ANy suggestions??
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