<p class="title">Filmmaker Neeraj Pandey is all set to helm the Bollywood adaptation of the top-grossing Thai thriller "Bad Genius".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Inspired by real-life news of students cheating in the exam for entry into foreign universities, "Bad Genius" transplants the heist film structure to a school-exam setting, and features themes of class inequality as well as teen social issues.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We keep looking for exciting stories and content all the time and 'Bad Genius' is an amazing film. We are looking forward to the re-imagination of the film as per Indian sensibilities and hope our audiences like it," Pandey said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reliance Entertainment and its partner Friday Filmworks' company Plan C Studios has joined hands with Azure Entertainment for the adaptation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"'Bad Genius' is one of the hottest remake properties globally. We thank GDH 559 for entrusting us with this title for the Indian remake. It is a moment of pride for us to be partnering with Neeraj Pandey and Reliance Entertainment on the Hindi adaptation for this title," CEO of Azure Entertainment, Sunir Kheterpal said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Released in 2017, "Bad Genius" earned over 100 million baht, becoming the highest-grossing Thai film of the year and broke several records in its worldwide collections too.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film also won a record-breaking twelve categories at the 27th Suphannahong National Film Awards, as well as multiple awards on the international festival circuit.</p>
<p class="title">Filmmaker Neeraj Pandey is all set to helm the Bollywood adaptation of the top-grossing Thai thriller "Bad Genius".</p>.<p class="bodytext">Inspired by real-life news of students cheating in the exam for entry into foreign universities, "Bad Genius" transplants the heist film structure to a school-exam setting, and features themes of class inequality as well as teen social issues.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We keep looking for exciting stories and content all the time and 'Bad Genius' is an amazing film. We are looking forward to the re-imagination of the film as per Indian sensibilities and hope our audiences like it," Pandey said in a statement.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reliance Entertainment and its partner Friday Filmworks' company Plan C Studios has joined hands with Azure Entertainment for the adaptation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"'Bad Genius' is one of the hottest remake properties globally. We thank GDH 559 for entrusting us with this title for the Indian remake. It is a moment of pride for us to be partnering with Neeraj Pandey and Reliance Entertainment on the Hindi adaptation for this title," CEO of Azure Entertainment, Sunir Kheterpal said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Released in 2017, "Bad Genius" earned over 100 million baht, becoming the highest-grossing Thai film of the year and broke several records in its worldwide collections too.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The film also won a record-breaking twelve categories at the 27th Suphannahong National Film Awards, as well as multiple awards on the international festival circuit.</p>