Ram Pothineni’s Double iSmart Gets Record Deal For Its Worldwide Theatrical Rights – News18

Ram Pothineni starrer Double iSmart is generating a lot of buzz ahead of its release in August. The film is a spiritual sequel to the actor’s 2019 hit, iSmart Shankar. According to the latest updates on the upcoming project, the film has already made impressive collections worth crores, through its theatrical rights. Here are all the details we know on the news.

Double iSmart is gearing up for release on August 15, this year. Going by the reports, the theatrical rights of the film have been acquired by the Prime Show Entertainments banner. It is the production house behind the superhit HanuMan, which is produced by Niranjan Reddy. The banner has bought the worldwide theatrical rights for the film for an amount of Rs 60 crore. As per more information, the deal does not include the Hindi version and the North Indian right for the release.

It is a risky venture for producer Niranjan Reddy, as Rs 54 crore of the deal is a non-refundable amount and only the remaining Rs 6 crore is refundable. Expectations are high with the Hindi version of the yet-to-be-released project since its first part performed well with the Hindi-speaking audience. Furthermore, the rights for the same are expected to go for a big amount.

The film, directed by Puri Jagannadh, is also written by him. The cast includes Ram Pothineni and Sanjay Dutt as the leads, where the latter will be seen as the antagonist. They will be supported by Kavya Thapar, Sayaji Shinde and Getup Srinu among many others. It is produced by Puri Jagannadh and Charmy Kaur, under the banner of Puri Connects. The music in the film is composed by Manisharma and the cinematographers are Gianni Giannelli and Shyam K Naidu, while Karthika Srinivas is the editor. The reports state that Double iSmart is going to have a pan-India release, with the languages of Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi.

The two promotional singles from the release, Steppamaar and Maar Muntha Chod Chinta, have proved to be hits among the audience and fans.