| Genius | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical Release Poster in Telugu | |
| Directed by | Ohmkar |
| Screenplay by | Vissu |
| Story by | Chinni Krishna |
| Produced by | Dasari Kiran Kumar |
| Starring | Havish Sanusha R. Sarathkumar Ashwin Babu Vinoth Kishan Abhinaya |
| Cinematography | R. Diwakaran |
| Edited by | M. R. Varma |
| Music by | Joshua Sridhar |
Production companies | Ramadhootha Creations Oak Entertainment[1] |
Release date |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Telugu |
| Budget | ₹11 crore (US$1.4 million)[3] |
| Box office | ₹18 crore (US$2.3 million)[4] |
Genius is a 2012 Telugu film directed by Ohmkar in his directorial debut[5] 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.[6] The film was made on a budget of Rs. 110 million 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.[7]
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. Each one of them worships a cricketer, a film star and a politician respectively. What kind of decisions they take forms the rest of the story.
Cast
- Havish as Nivas
- Sanusha as Shri
- R. Sarathkumar as Sarath Chandra
- Ashwin Babu as Yasir
- Vinoth Kishan as Jeeva
- Abhinaya
- K. Viswanath as Ranganathan
- Brahmanandam as Pandu
- Suman
- Kota Srinivasa Rao
- Pradeep Rawat as MLA Nanaji
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Peddapuram Pedda Babu
- Adarsh Balakrishna as Nizamuddin
- Chandramohan as Narayana
- Nagendra Babu as Raghuvaran
- Venu Madhav as Posani Chinni Krishna
- Gundu Sudarshan as Sudarshan
- Master Bharath as Chanti
- Krishna Bhagawan
- Thagubothu Ramesh
- Subhalekha Sudhakar
- Prabhakar
- Annapoorna
- Anita Hassanandani (Item number "Dibiri Dibiri")
- Rekha Vedavyas (Item number "Dibiri Dibiri")
- Shweta Basu Prasad (Item number "Dibiri Dibiri")
- Scarlett Mellish Wilson (Item number "Yededa Yededa")
- Mugur Sundar (in "Chirigina Notu")
Soundtrack
The music was composed by Joshua Sridhar and released by Mango Music.
| Genius | ||||
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| Soundtrack album by | ||||
| Released | 22 October 2012 | |||
| Recorded | 2012 | |||
| Genre | Soundtrack | |||
| Length | 34:28 | |||
| Label | Mango Music | |||
| Producer | Joshua Sridhar | |||
| Joshua Sridhar chronology | ||||
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| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Chirigina Notu" | Ananta Sriram | Benny Dayal, Apoorva | 4:41 |
| 2. | "Ambani Alludaina" | Ananta Sriram | Benny 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 | |||
Release
Genius received mixed reviews as audience praised its story and music but the movie met its doom in length of the movie and the screen play the director Omkar concluded that movie bombed at box office due to his lack of strength in narrating the movie to the spectators.
He also concluded that the film was more expensive than it should be and should have been including some depth in the scenes the movie failed to meet its budget and fairly disappointed the producers but it also brought in the directorial talent of Omkar who already was a famous anchor and a bunch of good and young talented people.
References
- ↑ Pawan Kalyan's girl in Omkar's Genius. mirchi9.com (12 December 2012). Retrieved 2016-09-04.
- ↑ Genius movie release postponed. timesofap.com
- ↑ Genius 1st Weekend Collections. Superwoods (4 January 2013).
- ↑ Genius 1st Weekend Collections. Superwoods (4 January 2013).
- ↑ "Genius Muhurat". Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ↑ "'Genius' to mirror modern-day youth's lifestyle". Sify. Archived from the original on 21 January 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
- ↑ "Acham Thavir box office collection".