‘Prince’ Vivek promises an all-out entertainer

Vivek Oberoi wishes to be the ‘Prince of Hearts.’ And ‘Prince,’ which releases on Friday, would win many hearts, he believes.

A trilingual film in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu, the action-thriller is a story of a smart thief who can steal anything from anywhere. Narrates Vivek: “Once, Prince wakes up to know that someone has stolen his memory. He has to find out who he is and why people are chasing him, and has only six days to live.”

“Get ready for an edge-of-the-seat experience,” says Vivek, who was here on Thursday on a promotional exercise.

Vivek believes that the two-hour and six-minute film will be a thorough entertainer, keeping the audience guessing all the while.

“More than 80 films have been made based on memory loss. But this one will be totally different and it is not inspired by any of the movies.”

Directed by Kookie V. Gulati, Vivek will romance three women in the film – Nandana Sen, Neeru Singh and Aruna Shields. Music is by Sachin Gupta and the movie has been edited by Nicolas Trembasiewicz of ‘Transporter’ fame.

Vivek has worked hard for the movie. He trained for more than five months to perform the daredevilry stunts in the film. “Be it hanging off a chopper at 8000 feet or the motorbike jump from one building to the other, I had done it on my own. ‘Prince’ is the most challenging film of my career thus far,” he says. But why the risk? “I just love doing action sequences. After I was told about the stunt scenes in the film, I decided to do it on my own. I didn’t want the stuntmen to have all the fun,” he laughs.

Vivek has dubbed the Tamil promos for the film himself. “My mother is from Chennai and I can speak a little Tamil. But I was not sure of dubbing for the whole film. I don’t do things which I am not 100 percent confident.”

The actor does not have any immediate plans of doing a full Tamil movie. “I want to build a fan following here, no doubt. I will concentrate more on doing bilingual and trilingual films.”

Vivek informed that Academy Award winner Resul Pookutty, who is the sound engineer for the film, has created certain kind of sound effects that could be enjoyed only while watching the film in the theatres. “You cannot enjoy ‘Prince’ in pirated discs or on the small screen. Watch ‘Prince’ in cinemas for a thrilling experience,” he said, signing off with the Tamil dialogue from ‘Prince’: ‘Attam ethuva irundhalum jeikka theriyanum (Whatever be the game, you must learn how to win).’