Prince (1969) :
Brief Review -
How Shammi Kapoor ruled the entire 60s decade and ended it with a bang! Shammi Kapoor not only had many box office hits in the 1960s but also had such a fantastic filmography throughout the decade. He started with Singapore, Junglee, and Professor, and then ended the most memorable decade of his office career with Prince. This film is so underrated, not because it is something great, but because it is on par with the other most loved or popular movies of the actor and hasn't gotten enough hype from critics and audiences. Prince has a fantastic story of a prince getting into an ordinary man's shoes to learn the truth of life and hard work. We have seen this formula in old Hollywood movies from the 1930s and then a couple of Bollywood movies in the late 1950s. Instead of Prince, the hero was like the son of a rich man, who would run away or would be thrown out of the house. Same formula, but a different person. What follows is even more interesting, as the prince actually starts enjoying the life of an ordinary man and then finds himself in a difficult situation where he can neither tell his reality nor hide it. It is such a freaking good setup of events and characters. The prince, the princess, the blind mother, and the antagonist-this is how you write a script that brings entertainment as well as reliability to the narrative. Shammi Kapoor, what a charmer! Don't think anybody came close to him in the 1960s. Badan Pe Sitaare will remain iconic forever. Vyjayanthimala returned to the silver screen after her marriage, and what a lovely princess she made here. Professor, Amrapali, Jhuk Gaya Asman, and then Prince-everybody look at Lekh Tandon's filmography. This man actually knew how to entertain the audience, and he did it so well. We just need to appreciate him a little more.
RATING - 7/10*
By - #samthebestest.
