July 24, 2019 at 4:44 pm
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sreeramkumar 2019-07-24T21:12:48+05:30
Energetic Star Ram and dashing director Puri Jagannath are showing their power at the box office as their recent flick, iSmart Shankar is on a rampage at all the centers. Within four days of its release, the film collected a share of Rs. 23.6 crore and is expected to do well in the coming days as well.
Ram on Cloud 9
The lack of proper commercial entertainer has helped iSmart to satisfy the craving of the mass audience and the result is blockbuster. If the latest grapevine is anything to go by, Ram is planning to throw a lavish party soon to the media fraternity in a posh pub located in Jubilee Hills.
The actor is on cloud nine with the success of the film as it became the biggest hit of his career. Ram’s earlier big hit was Nenu Sailaja. iSmart Shankar had Nabha Natesh and Nidhi Agerwal as the female leads. Mani Sharma has composed the music for the film
The result of the previous movie decides the fate of a director or hero in the film industry. If it is hit or super successful, producers buzz around him/her and if it is a flop, everyone disappears. At the end of the day, it is the huge amounts of money and effort invested in a movie and it is not wrong to be on the safe side regarding the investments of their hard-earned money in the films. Puri Jagannadh is one of the most commercial and successful directors who made films with almost every star and is now in a lean phase with the series of flops in his filmography. He is coming with Ram Pothineni with a character in which Puri Jagannadh is well versed in etching out. The film is called “iSmart Shankar” and there is a huge buzz around the movie because of the promos and the characterization of Ram. Let’s see how it works on us as it is releasing into theatres today.
Story
iSmart Shankar (Ram) is a bad guy who is well famed in the rowdyism. He goes on to kill an ex-minister with the contract given by Kaka, his mentor-like figure. After killing him, he disappears to Goa on vacation with his girlfriend Chandini (Nabha Natesh). She gets killed in the vacation and Shankar gets arrested. He escapes from prison after a year and decides to avenge the death of Chandini. He gets to meet Arun, a CBI officer in this journey and their lives get mixed up. How Arun comes into his life? Who killed Chandini? How Shankar avenged the death of Chandini?
iSmart Shankar Telugu Movie Review
Cast and Performance
Ram Pothineni has done a terrific job in the role of iSmart Shankar. His energy, effort, and body language worked out very well for the role and this pleases the audience to a greater extent. Nabha Natesh is good in her limited role but the body language seems odd for her maybe because of the styling. Nidhi Aggarwal is nice as Sarah. She looks gorgeous in the songs. Ashish Vidyarthi has done a good job. Shayaji Shinde is good. Getup Seenu is fine. Satya plays a crucial role which works well. All other actors have done a good job in their roles.
Writing Department
The story of iSmart Shankar is good and the screenplay is written in a way to entertain the commercial audience. The dialogues are good.
Technical Departments
Manisharma has teamed up with Puri Jagannadh after CMGR and has composed good songs for this film. The background score he composed works for the film very well. The cinematography by Raj Thota is okay. The consistency in the color palette is missing. The editing of the film is fine. The action sequences and stunts are composed well. The production values are grand.
Highlights
Ram Pothineni as iSmart Shankar
Characterization of Shankar
Music by Manisharma
Minus
Pure commercial stuff
Verdict
iSmart Shankar is a story of a bad guy and a good guy with the same target. This film is a do or die film for Puri Jagannadh and with Ram as a hero, he made a solid commercial potboiler with an eccentric characterization. The characterization of Ram worked very well and got a huge reaction from the audience in the theatre. The first half of the film sets the premise and the second half reveals the missing links of the first half. This film is a pure One man show from Ram. Puri Jagannadh wrote pure commercial stuff for this film which may act as a minus for family audience. To sum up, iSmart Shankar is a relief for Puri Jagannadh from his lean phase of flop films and a watchable entertainer.
July 16, 2019 at 3:39 pm
by
sreeramkumar 2019-07-16T20:47:27+05:30
Puri Jagannadh and Ram Pothineni teamed up for an exciting project called iSmart Shankar. The film is important for both the actors in many ways. Finally, the film completed the censor formalities and is gearing up for a grand release.
Ismart Shankar Censor Report
Meanwhile, the censor board has given A certificate for the movie and Ram has conveyed the same to the audiences.
“The Censor Board says it’s “A” kickass film! Statutory Warning: Cigarette Smoking, Consumption of Alcohol and Following #iSmartShankar in real life are injurious to health. Be ismart enough to realize that he’s “A” fictional character.”
Directed by Puri Jagannath, the movie is produced by Charmi Kaur and Puri jointly. Nabha Natesh and Niddhi Agerwal are the heroines in the film. The film is releasing on 18th of this month.
Director Puri Jagannath is one such director who never shies away from doing what he likes, fearing of his public image. He behaves just like the heroes in his films. Generally, many directors down the South do not prefer to hang out with heroines as they think it would damage their reputation as we are a bit conservative compared to Bollywood.
Puri Jagannadh Chills With Heroines
But Puri is an exception. He might be the one who can bring this Bollywood culture to Hyderabad. His recent picture proves the same. Taken at the wrap-up party of Ismart Shankar in Goa, this picture features Puri standing in between Charmmee and Nidhi Aggerwal wrapping his hands around them.
The picture itself conveys how chilled out Puri is when it comes to handling his stature. Starring Ram as the male lead, Issmart Shankar has almost completed its shoot and is gearing up for a release somewhere in May or June. Apart from Nidhi, it features Nabha Natesh as another heroine.
Puri Jagannath who scored a flop with Mehbooba is now coming up with a big project. The latest buzz in the filmnagar is that Puri Jagannath is planning to team up with Nagarjuna Akkineni for an interesting project. The combination has earlier delivered the hits like Shivamani and Super. If the buzz is going to be true, this current film is going to be the third one in this combination.
Nagarjuna and Puri Jagannadh
The buzz is that Nagarjuna and Puri Jagannath have recently sat down for a script narration. Nagarjuna has liked the script, and we have come to know that the film is also going to have Naga Chaitanya in the vital role. Nagarjuna is still thinking, and he is yet to give his decision.
Nagarjuna is currently busy with Sriram Aditya’s next film. While Puri Jagannath is planning his next with his son Akash Jagannath again. Once both the films are wrapped up, the new movie might hit the floors.
We are very much aware that Sensational director Puri Jagannadh had filed a complaint with the cops claiming Abhishek Nama, Ramdas Naidu, and Kaali Sudheer had assaulted him regarding compensation of losses for the film Loafer. The director Puri Jagannadh finally came forward to apologize to the distributors and has withdrawn his complaint. There was a serious discussion that took place recently on this issue, but finally, we believe that the case ended here.
Puri Jaganandh Says Sorry
Puri Jagan apologized to Abhishek and Ramdas Naidu and withdrew the complaint. But Kali Sudheer was not there at that time as he is currently out of the station. Kali Sudheer was unhappy with Puri’s behavior from the beginning and hence he is planning to file a defamation suit on Puri Jagannadh after his arrival. Kali Sudheer is currently waiting for the official document from the police officials.
