On New Year's Day, filmmaker Anil Sharma introduced newcomer Ishita as the lead of his upcoming film Genius. Ishita will be starring opposite Anil's son Utkarsh in the upcoming film. Utkarsh had featured as a child actor in the 2001 film Gadar: Ek Prem Katha.

Ayesha Jhulka, Mithun Chakraborty and Nawazuddin Siddiqui are also a part of the film, which is reportedly the story of a witty youngster whose experiments can change the way we look at science.