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 was composed by V. Harikrishna. The movie is a remake of the 2006 Telugu film Shock.^[2]

Prince
Theatrical release poster
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	1 April 2011 (2011-04-01)
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
• Adi 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.

Prince
Soundtrack album by V. Harikrishna
Released	Jan 31, 2011
Recorded	2011
Genre	Soundtrack
Length	21:44
Label	Anand Audio Video
Producer	V. Harikrishna
V. Harikrishna chronology
Rama Rama Raghu Rama (2011) Prince (2011) Prema Chandrama (2011)

Track list

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
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]