Shukla serves as the main antagonist of Netflix’s crime comedy caper, Choona. The character is played by Jimmy Shergill.
Choona follows a group of people from different walks of life all tormented by the same sadistic and corrupt politician. As they realize they have the same enemy, a group of avengers is created to take down Shukla.
Meanwhile, the politician tries to go about his corrupt ways mostly under the bliss of ignorance, which soon turns into a great bane for him.
Character
Shukla is a most corrupt politician whose daily routine consists of the worst that humanity has to offer. Not one for the welfare of anyone but himself, he is determined to do anything in his power to torment the underprivileged.
Appearances can be deceptive, and it could not be truer for anyone else but Shukla. On the outside, he keeps a most tidy persona but on the inside, he’s most foul and corrupt.
As the minister of Urban Development, his work is focused on systematically depriving underprivileged people of their homes in order to clear up land for colossal suburban nightmares like malls.
Penchant
What he has for astrology, Vaastu (architectural science), and horoscope is not just a penchant but an expertise. He’s shown to have an impressive amount of knowledge of horoscope readings and astrology.
It is this knowledge and expertise that often informs his work and pretty much all the small and big steps he takes in his career and life.
Shukla is only second to Pandit Ramacharya Upadhyaya when it comes to expertise in astrology and horoscopes. Pandit Ji, who later becomes Shukla’s enemy, still admits that the politician’s expertise is nothing to take lightly.
Mistakes
However, it’s also his weakness as his psyche is a bit too prone to the unfounded predictions that these alternative sciences and disciplines have to offer.
Shukla makes a lot of mistakes in his career that come to bite him later on. It starts with the murder of his wife, which he commits in fear of his own endangerment at the hands of his child, thanks to his horoscope.
His wife’s brother, who goes mute due to the trauma of his sister’s passing, grows up to be Shukla’s most trusted man while planning his long-brewing revenge against his brother-in-law.
Meanwhile, he also makes some other enemies who are unlike others. Yakub Ansari, J.P. Yadav, Pandit Ramacharya Upadhyaya, Baankeylaal Pandey, and Bishnu are all the men who seek revenge against Shukla after he torments them in one way or another.
As time passes and their group expands, more members join the club, including Triloki, Jhumpa, and Bela.
Shukla is busy fine-tuning his corruption in accordance with his horoscope calendars, while the group of avengers rob him in daylight, contributing to Shukla’s ever-increasing heap of mistakes.
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