Energetic hero Ram Pothineni tasted success with his recent outing ‘iSmart Shankar’. Touted to be a mass commercial entertainer, Puri Jagannath helmed this project.
Others are saying that Ram has been sporting the bald look because of the character in his upcoming movie directed by Kishore Tirumala. But the official announcement regarding the same is yet to be made.
Even after the two weeks of its release, iSmart Shankar is still continuing its dream run at the box office. The team is enjoying the success daily by attending the interviews on going for success-tours. One man who was missed all these days in these celebrations was hero Ram himself.
Ram went on a pre-planned vacation a few days before the release of iSmart Shankar. That is the reason why he was not able to be a part of these celebrations until now. Finally, Ram is back home and as soon as he reached Hyderbad, he left to Puri’s cave and celebrated the success with the team.
One of the film’s producers, Charmme tweeted, “Ustaaaad @ramsayz brings energy in #iSmartShankar celebrations. Feeling the real ISMART BLOCKBUSTER feel now.” Director Puri Jagannath, heroine Nidhi Agerwal, Bhakarabhatla, Uttej and a few others were present at this party.
Outsmarting all the pre-release expectations, film iSmart Shankar has emerged as a blockbuster at the box office. Within four days of its release, the movie collected a gross of over Rs. 45 crores and has become the biggest hit in-hero Ram’s career. Even director Puri Jagannath made a smashing comeback, after a series of flops.
Meanwhile, the team is throwing success parties and also going on success tours to promote the film further. But hero Ram is nowhere seen in these parties or tours. If you are wondering about the reason behind his absence, the iSmart actor is chilling on a vacation currently.
Ram went on a holiday before the release itself and he will be back soon. Though his absence is currently worrying his fans, he is expected to join the celebrations very soon. After all, it is the biggest hit of his career and he is got to be celebrating it in a big way.
| Movie Name | iSmart Shankar |
| Cast | Ram Pothineni, Nabha Natesh, Nidhi Aggarwal, Asish Vidyarthi, Siyaji Sindhe, Getup Seenu, Satya |
| Director | Puri Jagannadh |
| Music Director | Mani Sharma |
| cinematography | Raj Thota |
| Producer | Puri Jagannadh, Charmy |
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.
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?
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.
The story of iSmart Shankar is good and the screenplay is written in a way to entertain the commercial audience. The dialogues are good.
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.
Pure commercial stuff
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.
Nidhhi Agarwal and Nabha Natesh are playing the female leads in the movie. Recently, the makers have organized a grand pre-release event of the film as ‘iSmart Bonalu’ as it took place during Bonalu festival. Both the heroines Nidhhi and Nabha have placed Bonalu on their heads and offered to Goddess Mahankali during Ashada Masam. We can say that this is the first time heroines doing these as a part of their movie promotions. Also, ‘iSmart Shankar’ movie runs with Telangana backdrop.
The movie is gearing up for a grand release on July 18th. Puri and Charmme under Puri Jagannadh Touring Talkies and Puri Connects banner are bankrolling this project.
Energetic Star Ram and director Puri Jagannath have teamed up for the first time for the film Ismart Shankar. The film was launched earlier this year and was shot extensively in Hyderabad, Goa, and the Maldives. Finally, the team has successfully wrapped up the entire shoot yesterday.
Currently, the post-production works are going on at a rapid pace. Already, it was officially announced that the film will hit the screens on the 18th of July. Meanwhile, Puri and co. are planning to promote the film extensively to get maximum openings at the box office at the time of the release.
Already, three songs from the film were released and are getting a decent response from the audience. Nidhi Aggarwal and Nabha Natesh are the heroines of the film. It is being produced by Puri Jagannath and Charmme. Manisharma has composed the music for it.
Ram Pothineni is playing the lead role in the upcoming film titled as iSmart Shankar. The film is directed by Puri Jagannath and this is the first time that the actor and director have collaborated on a project. There is a lot of interesting buzz on the social media about the film’s business.
Considering the failure track that the director and actor are currently expressing, the trade is least interested in the movie but the makers are hoping for big numbers. Apparently, the makers are charging almost 20 crores for the theatrical rights of the movie. No buyer is interested in the amount and hence, they are planning to wait till the release of the theatrical trailer.
The film has Nabha Natesh and Nidhi Agerwal as the heroines. Mani Sharma is scoring the music for the movie. The complete details about the project will be out soon.
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.
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.
Sensational director Puri Jagannath is busy as a director and as a producer. On one side, the director is working on the project iSmart Shankar as a director and is also producing the movie Romantic starring his son Akash Puri in the lead.
Ram Pothineni is playing the lead role in the film iSmart Shankar. The makers recently went to Goa for shooting an important schedule. The film unit completed the schedule successfully and they shot some romantic scenes and songs in this schedule. Charmee Kaur, the film’s co-producer has informed the same on social media by posting a picture of the film unit.
Nidhi Aggerwal and Nabha Natesh are playing the heroines in the film. The makers wanted to release the film in May and the release date will be announced soon.
After the romantic comedy Hello Guru Prema Kosame, hero Ram is now acting in a mass entertainer Ismart Shankar, which is being directed by Puri Jagannath. The film features Nidhi Aggarwal and Nabha Natesh as the female leads. It is gearing up for a summer release.
If the latest buzz in the industry is anything to go by, Ram will be acting in the Telugu remake of Tamil film Thadam, after wrapping up his current film. Thadam is a recent runaway success at Tamil box office, which had Arun Vijay and Tanya Hope in the lead roles. Impressed by the film a lot, Ram has decided to remake it.
Ram’s uncle and popular producer Shravanthi Ravi Kishore will produce this film. Currently, he is trying to acquire the remake rights of the film. Even the director will be confirmed very soon. An official announcement regarding this movie is expected to be made once the whole team gets finalized.
We are well aware that director Puri Jagannath is currently filming Ismart Shankar with Ram as the lead. The film has gone on to the floors a month ago and is all set to release in this summer. Nabha Natesh and Nidhi Aggarwal will be seen as female leads in the movie.
Meanwhile, this morning, Puri Jagannath and Charmee have registered that title Double Ismart in the film chamber under their banner PC Connects films. Though the makers didn’t reveal anything yet, this registration is now instigating the inception of few speculations.
Ram will be seen as a Hyderabadi based tech smart guy in the film. This is the first time Ram and Puri collaborating together for a film. Well, now it looks like the duo has decided to work together for the second time, even before their first project hit the screens.
Ram Pothineni is currently working on an exciting project titled as iSmart Shankar. The actor will romance Nidhi Agrewal and Nabha Natesh in the film. After the failure of his last film Hello Guru Prema Kosamera, Ram teamed up with the sensational director Puri Jagannadh for this exciting project.
The regular shoot of iSmart Shankar will begin in February and the makers are involved in finalizing the actors for the key characters in the movie. The latest buzz is that a Bollywood actor is on board to be seen as the baddie in the movie. Bollywood actor Sudhanshu Pandey is on board to play the lead antagonist in the film.
Charmee is co-producing the film along with Puri Jagannath. The film has music scored by Mani Sharma. More details about the project will be out soon.
