Genius

Genius (జీనియస్) is a 2012 Telugu film, the directorial debut of Ohmkar, produced by Dasari Kiran Kumar under Ramadhootha Creations and Oak Entertainment. Havish, Ashwin Babu and Vinoth Kishan play three friends, with Sanusha, R. Sarathkumar and Abhinaya; writer Chinni Krishna, who wrote Narasimha Naidu, Indra and Gangotri, wrote the story. Joshua Sridhar composed the music. The film released on 28 December 2012.

What the story is about

Nivas, Yasir and Jeeva are best friends who each worship a public figure like a fan and wreck their own lives doing it: Nivas idolises the MLA Nanaji, Yasir the cricketer Nizamuddin, Jeeva the film star Pedda Babu. When the people they trust manipulate that faith, the three decide to teach them a lesson and make an example of blind hero worship.

Cast

• Havish as Vishnu Venkata Srinivas, with Gaurav Naidu as the young Nivas
• Ashwin Babu as Yasir (Sai Tarun as the young Yasir) and Vinoth Kishan as Jeevanandam (Aditya as the young Jeeva)
• Sanusha as Shri (Charishma as the young Shri)
• R. Sarathkumar as Sarath Chandra
• Abhinaya as Simran, Yasir’s sister (Bhoomika as the young Simran)
• Suman as Simhadri, Nivas’s father; Chandra Mohan as Salim Master, Yasir’s father; Kota Srinivasa Rao as Kotaiah, Jeeva’s father
• Pradeep Rawat as MLA Nanaji, Adarsh Balakrishna as Nizamuddin and Ashish Vidyarthi as Pedda Babu
• Brahmanandam as Pandu, K. Viswanath as Ramanujam, Nagendra Babu as CBI officer Narayana, Jaya Prakash Reddy as the Home Minister, Subhalekha Sudhakar as Bharani
• Sandhya Janak, Annapoorna and Bhargavi as the mothers; Paruchuri Venkateswara Rao, Venu Madhav, Krishna Bhagavaan, Master Bharath, Surya, Gundu Sudarshan, Gundu Hanumantha Rao, Thagubothu Ramesh, Prabhakar, Venu Yeldandi, Dhanraj, Raghunatha Reddy, Fish Venkat, Allari Subhashini and Junior Relangi
• Anita Hassanandani, Rekha Vedavyas and Shweta Basu Prasad in the item number “Dibiri Dibiri”; Scarlett Mellish Wilson in “Yededa Yededa”

Crew and music

• Director: Ohmkar; story by Chinni Krishna
• Producer: Dasari Kiran Kumar, Ramadhootha Creations and Oak Entertainment
• Music: Joshua Sridhar, released by Mango Music; cinematography by R. Diwakaran; editing by M. R. Varma

Release

Genius was made on a budget of Rs. 11 crore and released on 28 December 2012; our record lists a running time of 124 minutes. Because of Sarathkumar’s prominent role it was dubbed into Tamil as Acham Thavir. No box-office figures are on record from a cited source.

Where to watch Genius

No streaming platform is on file for this film. If one is added, the OTT box on this page will show it with its source.

Sources: the Wikipedia article on Genius (2012 film); our own cast, crew and release records.