Maguni, a bullock cart driver, loses his daily income because of the new and faster bus service in the village. He continues to drive his cart but faces many difficulties and hardships.

Through the heart-rending story of a bullock-cart driver, Magunira Shagada sublimely reflects on the impact of ill-planned modernisation, which comes at the cost of the collapse of agrarian society. Bharat Narekar’s exceptional camerawork adds poetic depth to this Oriya realist drama.