Eyebrows were raised when Ram Pothineni decided to do a movie with Puri Jagannadh, who has been running through miserable phase as a director.
Ram is bowled over by the characterization narrated by Puri Jagan and decided to take a gamble.
Looks like the gamble seems to have paid off as far as opening day numbers are concerned.
Despite Puri's recent track record and Ram's last two films failing to click, iSmart Shankar is riding on high expectations.
Thanks to the massy avatar of Ram and overtly massy presentation of Puri Jagannadh.
The trailer and songs may have received mixed reactions, but iSmart has grabbed eyeballs.
iSmart Shankar's advance bookings are at full speed everywhere. This is a fair indication of the response on its first day.
The film is sure to take a stunning opening on this Thursday.
It has been a while since a perfect mass masala film has come out from Tollywood and iSmart Shankar looks good to quench the thirst of the masses.
