‘Genius’ Has a Plot So Craven It’s Not Fit for Public Viewing

Although it did have some unintentionally hilarious dialogues.

This length film saddled with the most craven plot is definitely not fit for public viewing.

(Photo: Facebook/Genius)

Hero says “I’ll be back”. Villain retorts “You can’t”! A few scenes later the hero says “I’m back”. The villain replies “I am also back”. His lady love pitches in with “Let’s start then” to which the villain says “It has already started babe”.

Wish life was always this to-the-point!

These curt dialogues between our debutant hero Utkarsh Sharma and villain Nawazzuddin Siddiqui are just some of the unintentionally hilarious moments that the movie Genius offers!

“Kya Vasudev Shastri kanoon se badha hai? (Is Vasudev Shastri bigger than the law?)” someone asks. “Nahi, par uska emotion sabse badha hai (No, but his emotion is bigger than everyone)” we are told!

Vasudev Shastri is basically Utkarsh Sharma playing the “director ka beta” in the film too. He is the resident genius. There is nothing he can’t do. Smile, talk, fight – another PPT presentation by a director daddy to launch his hero beta!

So Vasu has always been a class topper till he forfeits his rank for the woman whom he loves (and who, I must add, can’t stand him). Ishita Chauhan goes through the motions herself. She looks pretty, has her hairstyle intact and whispers her lines.

Moving on, Vasu can hack the phones of his teacher and computers for RAW as easily as anyone would tear open a chips ka packet. Also he is sanskari, quotes shlokas, is a deshbhakt, and when he isn’t playing a forever-smiling chocolate boy he puts on a black t-shirt and kills terrorists!

But my favourite line in the whole film turns out to be the one the doctor delivers poker faced – “Ek din woh achanak braindead ho jaayega” (one day, he will suddenly become braindead). Yes, all accomplishments and all tragedies befall our “director ka puttar” coz how else will the world know that another fraternity brat is marking his attendance in the nepotism register?

So Vasu suffers from tinnitus and then schizophrenia and intermittently limps through the film as his walking stick sometimes disappears and then miraculously appears next to him. However, this never distracts him from being a true son of the soil and saving the country from the terrorists!

Nawazuddin Siddiqui makes an entry a little before the interval and hasn’t looked this lost, ever! The same holds true for Mithun Chakravarty, who hires Vasu and gives up soon after! Director Anil Sharma could have made a nice video pitch for his son, instead showcasing all his many talents.

But this feature-length film saddled with the most craven plot is definitely not fit for public viewing. How about just circulating it between the Sharma khandaan itself ?

Half a Quint out of 5!

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