Genius (2012 film)

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Genius
Genius Poster HD.jpg
Theatrical Release Poster in Telugu
Directed by Ohmkar
Screenplay byVissu
Story byChinni Krishna
Produced byDasari Kiran Kumar
Starring Havish
Sanusha
R. Sarathkumar
Ashwin Babu
Vinoth Kishan
Abhinaya
CinematographyR. Diwakaran
Edited byM. R. Varma
Music by Joshua Sridhar
Production
companies
Ramadhootha Creations
Oak Entertainment
Release date
  • 28 December 2012 (2012-12-28) [1]
Running time
124 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTelugu
Budget11 crore (US$1.3 million) [2]
Box office18 crore (US$2.2 million) [2]

Genius is a 2012 indian Telugu-language film directed by Ohmkar in his directorial debut and produced by Dasari Kiran Kumar. The film features Havish, Sanusha, R. Sarathkumar, Ashwin Babu, Vinoth Kishan, and Abhinaya in the lead roles. The music was composed by Joshua Sridhar with cinematography by R. Diwakaran and editing by M. R. Varma. Writer Chinni Krishna, who has penned down stories for blockbuster Telugu movies such as Narasimha Naidu , Indra , and Gangotri , has written the film's narrative. [3] The film was made on a budget of Rs. 11 crore and released on 28 December 2012. The presence of Sarathkumar in a prominent role led to makers to dub the film in Tamil as Acham Thavir. [4]

Contents

Plot

Best friends Nivas (Havish), Yasir (Ashwin Babu), and Jeeva (Vinoth Kishan) worship different people like fans and ruin their lives. Their faith is manipulated by the people they trust, so they decide to teach a lesson to those people and set an example for all those who are into crazy worshipping. Nivas worships MLA Nanaji (Pradeep Rawat); Yasir worships cricketer Nizamuddin (Adarsh Balakrishna); and Jeeva worships film star Pedda Babu (Ashish Vidyarthi). What kind of decisions the friends take forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Joshua Sridhar and released by Mango Music.

Genius
Soundtrack album by
Released22 October 2012
Recorded2012
Genre Soundtrack
Length34:28
Label Mango Music
Producer Joshua Sridhar
Joshua Sridhar chronology
Keratam
(2011)
Genius
(2012)
Whistle
(2013)
Track list
No.TitleLyricsSinger(s)Length
1."Chirigina Notu" Ananta Sriram Benny Dayal, Apoorva4:41
2."Ambani Alludaina"Ananta SriramBenny Dayal, Rita 4:32
3."Om Om Haraha"Ananta Sriram Hariharan 4:06
4."Dibiri Dibiri"Ananta Sriram Priya Himesh, Geetha Madhuri 4:49
5."Yevevo Kalale"Ananta Sriram Swetha Mohan 4:37
6."Allah Nesthama" Bhuvanachandra Kailash Kher 2:15
7."Ye Navvu Venakala" Krishna Chaitanya Shankar Mahadevan 5:16
8."Yededa Yededa"Sahithi Sayanora Philip 4:12
Total length:34:28

Reception

A critic from The Times of India rated the film three-and-a-half out of five stars and wrote that "There are many other similarities too. Debutant director Ohmkkar has reason to celebrate as his movie does hit the nail on the head". [5] A critic from 123telugu rated the film two-and-three-quarters out of five and wrote that "Genius is a movie that has been let down by bad execution". [6]

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References

  1. Genius movie release postponed. timesofap.com
  2. 1 2 Genius 1st Weekend Collections. Superwoods (4 January 2013).
  3. "'Genius' to mirror modern-day youth's lifestyle". Sify . Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  4. "Acham Thavir box office collection".
  5. "Genius Movie Review". The Times of India.
  6. "Review : Genius – Good concept but bad execution". 123telugu. 28 December 2012.