Puri Jagan is buoyant post the humungous success of iSmart Shankar. The team in fact came back after the success tour in Andhra Pradesh. In fact, filmmaker Ram Gopal Varma also lauded iSmart Shankar team and a video of himself in the party mood with the team had set tongues wagging.

From Prabhas to Naga Chaitanya, to biggies Chiranjeevi to Balkrishna and Rana Dagubati and Ram Charan among others have appreciated Puri Jagan’s work and his come back. Ask him how feels on the success, Puri reveals that it’s been three years since he scored a hit and pull out all the stops for this film. “I was craving for a hit. It’s been almost three years since my last hit, so I was very tense,” he says.

Puri Jagan opens on iSmart Shankar success

Puri continues to add, “Prabhas called and said that although he didn’t watch the film, he was very happy that it has turned into a hit. Naga Chaitanya, Akhil, Sumanth and Ram Charan also called and spoke to me, while both Chiranjeevi garu and Balakrishna garu saw the film. Rana, in fact, called me from abroad”.

iSmart Shankar success also made him introspect about himself making him think that he might not have made a good film earlier. “This is the first time that I received so many calls from several actors. Perhaps I didn’t make a good film all these days, but this success has brought me back home,” he concludes.