The talented and creative film maker Puri Jagannadh has been facing a lot of box office duds for the past few years. He is planning to make his strong comeback with his upcoming directorial venture iSamart Shankar in which young and energetic actor Ram Pothineni is playing the lead role. According to the latest buzz in the film industry, Ram Pothineni will be seen playing police and rowdy in iSamart Shankar like Mahesh Babu in Pokiri. Ram Pothineni will take on Hyderabad mafia in typical Telangana style.
The sources say that the storyline of iSamart Shankar is very close to Mahesh Babu starrer Pokiri, which was released in 2006. Directed by Puri Jagannad and co-produced by Manjula Ghattamaneni, in which Ileana D’Cruz, played the female lead role. In Pokiri Mahesh Babu played the role of Krishna, a police officer, disguised himself as a thug and joined the mafia in order to enter the underworld and wiped it out.
Ram Pothineni will be seen romancing with Nidhhi Agarwal and Nabha Natesh in iSamart Shankar. Puneeth Issar, Milind Gunaji, Satya Dev and Ashish Vidyarthi will be seen in important roles. Mani Sharma is composing the music for iSmart Shankar.
Few days ago, Puri Jagannadh released the first look poster in which Ram Pothineni was seen in a rugged but stylish makeover. The poster of the film also revealed the caption, Double Simcard. Puri Jagannadh and Charmme Kaur are producing the project under Puri Jagannadh Touring Talkies banner in association with Puri Connect.