''Shankar Mudi'' is a

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Political Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studi ...

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Aniket Chattopadhyay Aniket Chattopadhyay (born 9 January 1963) is an Indian journalist and film director in Bengali cinema. He has directed the films, '' Chha-e Chhuti'' (2009), ''Bye Bye Bangkok'' (2011), the romantic comedy film '' Goraay Gondogol'' (2012), ''Ma ...

and produced by Kaustuv Ray. This film was released on 15 March 2019 under the banner of RP Techvision India Private Limited. Bengali Actor-Director Shri

Kaushik Ganguly Kaushik Ganguly (born 4 August 2012) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actor in Bengali cinema. Multiple National Award winner Actor-Director, Kaushik Ganguly is known for making films that explore various aspects sexuality, like ' ...

plays the titular role.

Plot

This is a story of a small suburban locality of the Metro City

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named Goragacha. The neighbourhood or in Bengali ''Para'' consists of a small grocery shop, run by its owner Shankar, a barber, a tea stall, a ladies tailor, a gents tailor and a local auto rickshaw driver. Amongst locals, there are a political leader or ''dada'', a family whose only young youth was actively engaged in politics and subsequently died in a police encounter, a teacher, a live-in frustrated son-in-law and a ''Bahurupi''. The story started with affectionate bondage between people in that big joint family like para, which slowly faced the fear of being extinct due to their financial stringency. As a part of advanced civilized modernisation which was an obvious effect of globalisation, a shopping mall emerged in their locality. Local residents slowly get accustomed with the central AC comfort, wide range of products, promotional techniques, acceptance of digital payments etc. of the local shopping mall which put a strong and uneven challenge of survival to local small scale business owners. They were losing their livelihood very fast. Shankar tried to cope-up with "mall effects" like keeping packet food grains, home delivery, introducing utility bill payments, even installing stand blower fan for his customers who' in his version' his God. But all his and the entire neighbourhood's struggle gone in vain. Some leave, someone compromised their chastity, someone committed suicide after being defeated in this life struggle for survival. The plot clearly pinpoints the obvious negative impact of globalisation without having constructive governmental planning for saving medium or small scale businesses.

Cast

as Shankar Mudi *

Jisshu Sengupta Jisshu Ujjwal Sengupta (born 15 March 1977) is an Indian actor, producer, television presenter. who predominantly works in Bengali, Hindi and Telugu films. Sengupta made his debut through a Bengali TV series, '' Mahaprabhu'' where he portraye ...

as Live-in Son-in-Law * Anjan Dutta as School Teacher *

Shantilal Mukherjee Shantilal Mukherjee is an Indian actor associated with Bengali-language theatre and films. Biography Mukherjee was born in Kolkata. He lost his father in an early age. He was admitted in Sarsuna High School from where he passed Madhyamik ...

as Local Political Leader *

Saswata Chatterjee Saswata Chatterjee (born 19 December 1970) is an Indian actor of television and films based in Kolkata. Born to actor Subhendu Chatterjee, Saswata Chatterjee began his career with a Hindi serial directed by Saibal Mitra, based on Samaresh Maju ...

as Auto Rikshaw Driver *

Rudranil Ghosh Rudranil Ghosh is an Indian actor who works primarily in Bengali films. Education Rudranil Ghosh completed his early education at Santragachi Kedarnath Institution, Howrah under West Bengal State Board. He graduated from the Narasinha Dutt Co ...

as Bahurupi *

Kanchan Mullick Kanchan Mullick is an Indian Bengali film and television actor and politician. In addition to the television show ''Janata Express'', Kanchan has also acted in movies like '' Mahakaal'' and ''Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona''. He is also a Bengali theat ...

as Barbar *

Sreela Majumdar Sreela Majumdar (also credited as Srila Mazumdar) is an actress in the Bengali language film industry of India. She has done voice dubbing for Aishwarya Rai in the film '' Chokher Bali'' (2003). Early life She was born to Ramchandra Majumdar ...

as Wife of Shankar Mudi *

Biswanath Basu Biswanath Basu (or sometimes Biswanath Bose) is an Indian actor who appears in Bengali films. Filmography ;Key ;Films Television Apart from doing films, Basu has also appeared in many television serials. References External links * ...

as Gents Tailor Owner *

Sampurna Lahiri Sampurna Lahiri is a Bengali film and television actress. She made her big screen debut in the 2012 film '' Goray Gondogol''. In the same year she acted in the films ''Accident'' and '' Paanch Adhyay''. Works Films As Producer *Mini ...

* Oindrila Saha * Ankita Chakraborty as Ladies Tailor owner * Malay Ghosh as Building Contractor of the Mall

References

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* {{IMDb title, 10602172 2019 films Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films 2010s political drama films Indian political drama films Films directed by Aniket Chattopadhyay 2019 drama films