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-language film directed by

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in his directorial debut and produced by Dasari Kiran Kumar. The film features Havish,

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, Ashwin Babu,

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, and

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in the lead roles. The music was composed by

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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 ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', has written the film's narrative. 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''.

Plot

Best friends Nivas ( Havish), Yasir ( Ashwin Babu), and Jeeva (

) 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 (

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); and Jeeva worships film star Pedda Babu (

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). What kind of decisions the friends take forms the rest of the story.

Cast

Soundtrack

The music was composed by

and released by Mango Music.

Reception

A critic from ''

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'' 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". A critic from ''

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'' 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".

References

External links

* {{Films directed by Ohmkar 2012 films 2010s Telugu-language films 2012 directorial debut films Films scored by Joshua Sridhar Films directed by Ohmkar