iSmart Shankar

Action Crime Sci-Fi

18+

India

Telugu

July 18, 2019

2hr 21min

Status: released

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iSmart Shankar Movie Details:

Dubbed In	Hindi
Country	India
Language	Telugu
Genre	Sci-Fi, Action, Crime
Release Date	July 18, 2019
Running Time	2hr 21min
Certificate	18+
Cast	Ram Pothineni Satyadev Nabha Natesh Nidhhi Agerwal
Directed by	Puri Jagannadh
Written by	Puri Jagannadh
Produced by	Puri Jagannadh Charmme Kaur
Cinematography by	Raj Thota
Edited by	Junaid Siddiqui
Music by	Mani Sharma
Production Companies	Puri Connects Puri Jagannadh Touring Talkies
Distributor	Abhishek Pictures (Andhra, theatrical) JPR Films (Nellore, theatrical) Karthikeya Exhibitors (Nizam, theatrical) Suresh Productions Entertainment (Uttarandhra, East Godavari, theatrical)

iSmart Shankar Movie Cast & Characters:

Ram Pothineni as “iSmart” Shankar a.k.a. Ustaad/Arun
Satyadev as Arun
Nabha Natesh as Chandni
Nidhhi Agerwal as Dr. Sarah
Raghu Babu as Raghu Arun’s father
Sayaji Shinde as Chandrakanth, CBI Officer
Ashish Vidyarthi as Ramamoorthy, Central Minister
Raj Deepak Shetty as Devendra Viswanath
Tulasi as Viswanath’s wife
Getup Srinu as Shankar’s friend
Aziz Naser

Storyline:

Ismart Shankar is a crazy contract killer who murders a high-profile politician, Kasi Viswanath. Cops start chasing him and Shankar escapes with his girlfriend Chandni. On the other hand, Arun is a cop who is handling the same case. Just when he is about to nab the actual culprit behind the murder, he gets killed. In a crazy turn of events, the cops transfer Arun’s memory to Shankar with the help of Arun’s girlfriend Sarah to get the case details.

iSmart Shankar Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:

Budget	₹15–20 crore
Worldwide Collection	₹75–85 crore

About iSmart Shankar Movie:

ISmart Shankar is a Telugu science fiction action crime film starring Ram Pothineni in the title role along with Satyadev, Nabha Natesh, and Nidhhi Agerwal. It was written and directed by Puri Jagannadh, who co-produced the film with Charmme Kaur.

Principal photography on the film began in January 2019 in Hyderabad. The first schedule finished in February 2019 and the second schedule took place in Goa. The cast shot action scenes of the film in April 2019 and the third schedule took place in Varanasi. The filming was completed in mid-May 2019.

This is the first collaboration between Ram Pothineni and Puri Jagannath.

ISmart Shankar was released theatrically on July 18, 2019, where it received mixed reviews from critics and became a commercial success at the box office.

The film was also dubbed and released in Hindi on YouTube on 16 February 2020 by Aditya Movies. As of February 2024, the Hindi dubbed version crossed more than 348 million views on YouTube.

A sequel, Double iSmart, was theatrically released on 15 August 2024.