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Genius





One of the admirable qualities of Susienthiran, even in his weakest films, has been the assuredness in his filmmaking. But his previous film, ‘Nenjil Thunivirunthal’, and now, ‘Genius’, seem to indicate a crisis of confidence. The filmmaker chose to remove the portions featuring the heroine from the previous film – after it had been released, showing us that he isn’t making the right choices as a writer. And now, the writing in this film, which is about a man (Roshan) who has forgotten his cherish the smaller moments in life to the demands of an overbearing father (Aadukalam Naren), is filled with convoluted, preposterous scenes, only reinforces the fact. But more worryingly, even the filmmaking seems to have deserted him as he gives us flatly staged scenes with melodramatic acting that one might find in TV serials. Even when taken as a message film, ‘Genius’ makes the didactic films of Samuthirakani seem livelier.

In a crucial scene, the protagonist drives himself to work continuously for two days, which results in a brain freeze. The doctor tells his parents his over-obsession with work is what has caused this condition and prescribes rest and relaxation. More than anyone, it is Susienthiran, who has been making film after film without a break (he has wrapped up two more films and has begun a new one earlier this week), who needs to take the message – slow down rather than burn out.



சிறு வயதிலிருந்தே நன்றாகப் படிக்கும் ரோஷனை பள்ளி ஆண்டுவிழாவில் மேடையேற்றிக் கௌரவிக்கிறார்கள். கூடவே, ரோஷனின் அப்பா ஆடுகளம் நரேனையும்! அந்தக் கைதட்டல்கள் தந்த போதையில் மகனை இன்னும் இன்னும் படிக்கச் சொல்லி விரட்டுகிறார், நரேன். ஆண்டுகள் ஓடுகின்றன. ரோஷன் இப்போது ஒரு ஐ.டி நிறுவனத்தின் முக்கியப் புள்ளி. தனியாளாக பெரிய புராஜெக்ட்களைச் செய்து முடிக்கும் திறமைசாலி. ஆனால், திடீரென வித்தியாசமாக நடந்துகொள்ளத் தொடங்குகிறார். அவரின் இந்த மனநிலை மாற்றம் சுற்றியிருப்பவர்களை ஆபத்தில் தள்ளுகிறது. ரோஷனுக்கு என்ன ஆனது, அதற்கு என்ன முடிவு என்ற உளவியல் சிக்கல்களைச் சொல்லும் படம்தான், `ஜீனியஸ்'.

ஹீரோவாக தயாரிப்பாளர் ரோஷனே நடித்திருக்கிறார். சினிமா மீதான அவரின் காதல் புரிகிறது. ஆனால், அந்தக் காதல் கொஞ்சம் அதிகமான மெனக்கெடலை அவருக்குக் கொடுத்திருக்கலாம். பல இடங்களில் சீரியல் கேரக்டர்கள்போல ஒட்டாத நடிப்பு. சுசீந்திரன் படங்களில் ஹீரோயின்களுக்கென சில துறுதுறு காட்சிகள் இருக்கும். அது இந்தப் படத்தில் மிஸ்ஸிங். ஹீரோயின் பிரியா லால் சும்மா வந்துபோகிறார்.

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