Double iSmart is a 2024 Indian -languagedirected by, who co-produced the film with Charmy Kaur under Puri Connects. The film, a sequel to iSmart Shankar, stars Ram Pothineni and Sanjay Dutt (in his Telugu debut), alongside Ali, Kavya Thapar, and . The music was composed by Mani Sharma, while cinematography and editing were handled by Gianni Giannelli-Shyam K. Naidu and Karthika Srinivas.
Double iSmart was theatrically released on 15 August 2024, coinciding with. The film received negative reviews from critics and box-office bomb.
Premise
Big Bull, a notorious assassin, wants to achieve immortality and decides to transfer his memories to “iSmart” Shankar, who already has another’s person’s memories transferred to him, thus setting the stage for the intense confrontation between Shankar and Big Bull.
Cast
Adapted from the opening credits:
- Ram Pothineni as Ustaad “iSmart” Shankar alias Double ismart
- Sanjay Dutt as Big Bull
- Ali as Bokka
- Kavya Thapar as Jannat Mehrunnisa , Shankar’s love interest
- as CBI Officer Chandrakanth
- as Bently
- Makarand Deshpande as Dr Thomas
- Jhansi as Pochamma, Shankar’s mother
- Pragathi as Old Pochamma
- Temper Vamsi as Addagutta Akbar
- Jairoop Jeevan as Harshvardhan
- Uttej as CI K. Ravi Prakash
- Getup Srinu as Shankar’s friend
- Chekiri as young Shankar
- Rohini as lady constable
- Ganesh Yadav as police inspector
- Kecha Khamphakdee as Chinese mafia Wong
- Vishal Sharma as security officer
