

Preeti Arora of Rediff gave the movie 3 stars out of 5, saying that "Being an animated film, Arjun is sure to find a connect with children."It is also a great outing for someone who wishes to walk down nostalgia lane with their favourite tales of the good old days". Like its hero, the film too is a valiant effort, and an interesting interpretation of a much-loved mythological story. Rajeev Masand of CNN-IBN gave the movie 3 stars out of 5, concluding that "I'm going to with three out of five for Arjun: The Warrior Prince. It’s a great way to have fun while you learn." Mansha Rastogi of Now Running gave the movie 3 stars out of 5, saying that "Arjun has all the right ingredients to attract its target mass and also a crackling animation work to entice them into his world!". Blessy Chettiar of DNA India gave the movie 3 stars out of 5, stating "Let your children absorb the story, while you can marvel at this step forward for the Indian animation film industry. Madhureeta Mukherjee of Times Of India gave the movie 3.5 stars out of 5, concluding that "Of all the amateurish animation films we've seen, this one's a 'God-send'". Martin D'Souza of Glamsham gave the movie 4 stars out of 5, commenting that "If your Sunday mornings were spent in front of the television set two decades ago, this one is definitely for you". Priyanka Ketkar of Koimoi gave the movie 4 stars out of 5, saying that " Arjun: The Warrior Prince is an extremely engaging movie with fabulous animation". The warrior massacres the army and emerges victorious, and at last, Arjuna alone defeats all Kaurava warriors, including Bhisma and Drona.Ĭritical reception India Arjun retrieves his bow and makes prince Uttar drive his chariot. The maid stops him, and reveals her true identity: the maid ( Brihannala) comes out as Arjun. Uttar's maid drives the young prince's chariot to the field, but the prince, distraught by the number of enemies, flees. From the other direction, Duryodhana's army comes, and it seems that the young prince of Viratnagar is the only one who is left to fight. The king of Viratnagar leaves to thrash the marauding bandits. So he launches an attack on Viratnagar with the help of his bandit friends. The spy informs Duryodhana that the Pandavas are in Viratnagar. According to the outcome of the game, if any one of the Pandavas is found before the end of that one year, the Pandavas will have to again go for a twelve-year exile. It is revealed that the Pandavas are spending their secret exile, or 'agyatavasa', there, and are noticed by some of the spies of Duryodhana. The story then shifts back to the present day Viratnagar. He then leaves, and does tapasya, during which he earns a bow from the Lord Shiva. Before leaving, Draupadi makes him promise that he will take revenge for her insult. While all the Pandavas go one way, Arjuna travels North to do tapasya. The Pandavas, according to the rules of the game, had to go into exile for twelve years and an agyatavasa for one year. Draupadi was insulted in front of everyone, but Arjuna could not say anything because Yudhishthira was the king, and the king's words are the last words.

After losing everything, Yudhishthira betted his own brothers and Draupadi, and even himself. Duryodhana, who loathed the Pandavas, hatched a conspiracy with his uncle Shakuni and won all that belonged to the Pandavas in a betting game called chaupar. In the meantime, Arjun won a swayamvar, and married the daughter of the King of Panchala, Draupadi. To avoid further conflict, Dhritrashtra proclaimed Duryodhana as the crown prince of Hastinapur, and asked Yudhishthira to be the king of a distant unkempt territory of the empire. Twice, Duryodhana attempted to kill all the Pandavas, but failed. When the king Dhritrashtra grew older, the rivalry between his sons, the Kauravas and the Pandavas intensified. Duryodhana and the other Kauravas despised the Pandavas, for they feared that they might usurp Duryodhana's throne. None of his own brothers, nor his cousins - the hundred Kauravas - could equal him in the art. He was more skilled than all the students of Drona. She tells him that Arjun was a student of Drona, and that he learned the art of warfare from him. The maid narrates him the story of Arjun. The film begins with Uttar, the young prince of Viratnagar (Kingdom of king Virata), asking a maid ( Brihannala) to tell him a story. It explores his life with his brothers in Hastinapur, his training and education, and his ultimate discovery of the warrior within himself. The storyline begins with Arjun as a nine-year-old boy, and follows him until he grows into the warrior that the world knows him as.

The story is based on the early life of the Prince Arjuna, loosely taken from the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata.
