Director Anil Sharma, known for making Sunny Deol's Gadar Ek Prem Katha, Apne and Salman Khan's Veer, is launching his son, Utkarsh with Genius. Newcomer Ishita Chauhan is playing the female lead in the movie. The biggest USP of Genius is that Nawazuddin Siddiqui is playing the big baddie here. The last time, he played a pure antagonist in a mainstream movie was in the 2014 Salman Khan film Kick, and the actor got much appreciation for his role. So we are sure the makers of Genius are looking to capitalise on Nawaz's scenery-chewing turn here to boost the film.

We now have the second trailer for the film, that expands on the hero's love story with a fellow collegian, as well as his 'genius' rivalry with the villain of the piece. While the confrontation between the geniuses has its moments, the love story feels passe. Also can't we have better lines than 'Black toh tum samajh rahi ho, main toh sirf 'mail' kar raha hoon!' Seriously, in what universe does that even sound like a romantic line?

Anyway, here's the new trailer of Genius -

Apart from Utkarsh (who has made his debut as a child actor in Gadar), Ishita and Nawaz, Genius also stars Mithun Chakraborty, Ayesha Jhulka, KK Raina and Zakir Hussain. Genius also marks the return of Anil Sharma behind the camera after a gap of five years (his last film that 2013's Singh Saab the Great). The movie is scheduled to release on August 24.

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