Genius is an Indian action thriller film directed by Anil Sharma. It marks the debut of his son Utkarsh Sharma as a male lead, who also featured as a child actor in Sharma's 2001 blockbuster film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha. Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Mithun Chakraborty are in supporting roles in the film.
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| Directed by | Anil Sharma |
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| Written by | Anil Sharma |
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| Story by | Anil Sharma |
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| Cinematography | Najeeb Khan |
| Edited by | Ashfaque Makrani |
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| Distributed by | Soham Rockstar Entertaiment |
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Running time | 165 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
| Budget | ?not declared |
| Box office | ?5.40 crore |
Contents
Cast
- Utkarsh Sharma as Vasudev Shastri aka Genius
- Ishitha Chauhan as Nandini Chauhan
- Nawazuddin Siddiqui as Mr Samar Khan
- Mithun Chakraborty as Devraj Mathur
- Joy Badlani as CBI Officer Satya Deshpande
- Rudranil Ghosh as Rajpan Singh
- Sabyasachi Chakraborty as Inspector Shinde
- Bharat Kaul as Aslam Bhai
- Shataf Figar as Ali Bhai
- Ashish Vidyarthi as Raj Gopal
- Atul Kulkarni as Ram Shankar
- Sayaji Shinde as Mr. Mathur
- Biswajit Chakraborty as Sanjay Shrivastava
- P. Ravishankar as Munna Bhai
- Ayesha Jhulka as Nandini's Mother
Reception
The film received generally poor reviews. Reviews were particularly critical of the confusing narrative and the standard of acting. Bollywood Hungama gave it 1/5 stars saying "On the whole, GENIUS is an extremely poor and senseless fare." Movie Koop gave a similar review describing it as failing miserably. Ronak Kotecha of The Times of India was equally critical of the film giving it 2/5 stars.[7] The Indian Express gave it a "nil" rating describing it as feeling redundant.[8]
Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album by Himesh Reshammiya | ||||
| Released | 9 August 2018[9] | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Length | 26:28 | |||
| Language | Hindi | |||
| Label | Tips Music | |||
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| Singles from Genius | ||||
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The music of the film is composed by Himesh Reshammiya [10] and Monty Sharma done the background score while lyrics are penned by Manoj Muntashir, Kumaar, Shabbir Ahmed. The first song of the film "Tera Fitoor" which is sung by Arijit Singh was released on 12 July 2018 [11]. The album was released on 9 August 2018 by Tips Music.
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| 1. | "Tera Fitoor" | Kumaar | Arijit Singh | 5:10 |
| 2. | "Dil Meri Na Sune" | Manoj Muntashir | Atif Aslam | 3:56 |
| 3. | "Tujhse Kahan Juda Hoon Main" | Shabbir Ahmed | Himesh Reshammiya, Neeti Mohan, Vinit Singh | 4:42 |
| 4. | "Holi Biraj Ma" | Manoj Muntashir | Jubin Nautiyal | 3:35 |
| 5. | "Pyar Le Pyar De" | Shabbir Ahmed | Dev Negi, Ikka Singh, Iulia Vantur | 5:10 |
| 6. | "Dil Meri Na Sune" (Reprise) | Manoj Muntashir | Atif Aslam, Payal Dev | 3:55 |
| Total length: | 26:28 | |||
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