Shandar is an action comedy drama. The movie revolves around a man named Shankar (Mithun Chakraborty), who lives a poor lifestyle. He falls in love with Rani (Meenakshi Sheshadri). However, there is another girl named Anita (Mandakini), the daughter of a wealthy tycoon Ashok (Sumeet Saigal), who is in love with Shankar. Shankar learns about the wrong activities carried out by Ashok and decides to put an end to it. However, when Ashok learns about Shankar’s plan and instead starts to create problems for him. Will Shankar be able to outdo Ashok’s plan?