The film tells the tale of Shankar, a typical small-time grocer, who struggles to adjust his daily life when a shopping mall comes up in the neighbourhood.Shankar Mudi is a pleasing film when it focuses on its core subject. But when it digresses, a whole host of literal ‘red flags’ is raised. Essentially, it is a slice-of-life film about the life of a traditional grocer, who is friend and confidant to everyone in the neighbourhood. The story is familiar. The Barbershop series of movies come to mind, which dealt with a similar topic — with a barber as the protagonist instead of a grocer.Shankar Mudi 2019 Movie Download.
But the script of Shankar Mudi tries to make a point. And in trying to do so, wastes time dwelling on matters that have little to do with the core subject.
The story begins simply enough and you feel the lightness of the script. Shankar is more than a mudi. A good-natured, kind and rotund man (played in earnest by Kaushik Ganguly), he is the heart of the neighbourhood. Having run his shop there for ages, he knows the orders and habits of his customers better than they do. And the customers trust him with their shopping, and sometimes, their lives. For Shankar Mudi is not just the owner, he is a part of their existence in sunshine and rain, sharing every plight and joy and extending unconditional support — even if it means striking off loan accounts of some customers after their death.
But there’s a storm brewing. Foreign direct investment and big business, in the form of a swanky new mall, are raising their heads in the neighbourhood. This makes Shankar and the other small shop owners of the locality wary. Will they be able to coexist and or will they be swept aside by the new wave of capitalism? What happens next forms the crux of the story.