Genius (2003)
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Genius (2003) is Babar Ahmed's debut feature film. It was screened at several film festivals receiving multiple awards and then released straight to video.
[edit] Plot
A student with a learning disability hires a self-centered teacher to make him smart enough to win over the heart of the prettiest girl in school. Whatever Mike lacks in brains, he more than makes up for in heart. But in the eyes of his beautiful classmate he may as well not exist. Desperate to capture the attention of his comely but somewhat shallow dream girl Mike enlists the help of universally disliked teacher Ms Goldwyn to increase his IQ so that he may finally form a blip on Hannah's romantic radar.
[edit] Awards
Winner. Gold Medal For Excellence/Audience Favourite. Park City Film Music Festival 2004
Winner. Best Feature Film/Jury Award. Velleyfest Film Festival 2003
Winner. Outstanding Film Creativity. New York Indo-American Arts Council Film Festival 2003
[edit] Sources
New York Times: http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=281320
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0369451/maindetails
Hollywood Video: http://www.hollywoodvideo.com/movies/movie.aspx?MID=138121&LF=STL
Yahoo Movies: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808476867/info
CH9 WUSA: http://www.wusatv9.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=17853
Film Threat Review: http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=reviews&Id=5010
International Critics: http://www.iaac.us/Genius/Critics.htm
IAAC (Awards): http://www.the-south-asian.com/Nov%202003/indian_arts_council_new_york_fil.htm
IAAC - 2: http://www.iaac.us/Genius/HOme.htm
IAAC -3: http://www.iaac.us/Genius/REview.htm
