Auto Shankar (film)

Plot

Shankar (Upendra) is a middle class auto driver. He is friendly and jovial. Maya (Shilpa Shetty), a money-lender, is brought up in a rich family. She is portrayed as a boorish character. She is unscrupulous in recovering loans given to the poor and has designed crude methods to recover the money. She is also the daughter of a lady don.

Shankar defends the poor and fights the moneylenders. Several interesting battles follow, after which the Maya loses all her property and prestige. It is also revealed that she is not really the daughter of the lady don. She then learns a lesson that reforms her attitude. She makes amends and Shankar embraces her as the two fall in love. Shankar finally fights all the gangsters led by the lady don and brings an end to all the injustice being imposed on the poor.

Cast

Box office

Auto Shankar successfully ran for 100 days. The film was released at the same time as the Puneeth Rajkumar starrer Namma Basava and there was a fierce competition between the two films. Both the films were successful at the box office, but Auto Shankar turned out to be more successful than Namma Basava.

Soundtrack

Music Director : Guru Kiran The song " Ready Ready" music was used in Telugu film Nagavalli and the music was given by Guru Kiran only.

Controversies

The movie sparked off a controversy with regard to a photo of Shilpa Shetty from the movie. A Madurai based lawyer filed an obscenity case against Shetty. Shetty however, protested by saying that "It (the photo) is not vulgar. I am an actor and an entertainer and I won't endorse vulgarity".