iSmart Shankar Review - Puri's old styled treatment garnished with a sci-fi element

iSmart Shankar Telugu Movie Review: Puri's old styled dish garnished with sci-fi elements

Premise: 

A convict, iSmart Shankar, is placed with a chip holding the memories of a cop in his head. With the memories in the chip that could erase iSmart Shankar’s own memories,  while he is on a hunt to find the killer to exact revenge. Will he be successful in finding the killer as his memories fade out gradually?

Enjoyable aspects:

> iSmart Shankar’s hyper active characterisation
> Ram’s energetic performance as iSmart Shankar
> Puri’s dialogues
> Mani Sharma’s music
> Crisp editing
> The sci-fi angle in the story

Distracting aspects:

> At places iSmart Shankar’s dialogues go overboard and unconvincing
> Fast paced with less detailing in the story scenarios puts off urban audience
> Couple songs that hinder the story flow
> The feel of already-seen(cliched) style of Puri’s taking
> No riveting conflict, everything seems to be solving itself for iSmart Shankar

Overall Impact: 

It is aimed only for entertainment. Story wise - easy to forget once we are out of the theatre, but not iSmart Shankar’s mannerisms. A thought of iSmart Shankar’s hyper activeness might put a giggle on your face - a commendable job from Puri in that one aspect.

Rating: 2.75/5

Cast: Ram Pothineni, Nabha Natesh, Nidhhi Agerwal, Satyadev Kancharana

Director: Puri Jagannadh

Story & Screenplay: Puri Jagannadh 

Genre: Action, Sci-fi, Comedy 

Music: Mani Sharma

Cinematography: Raj Thota

Editing: Junaid Siddiqui

Producer: Puri Jagannadh & Charmme Kaur

Language: Telugu