Masala Mama is a film about finding allies and heroes in the most unlikely people. The young son of a struggling rag-and-bone man, much to his father’s chagrin, is constantly distracted by daydreams of drawing comic book superheroes. He steals a comic from the gentle owner of a small Indian grocery store (colloquially known as a “mama-shop”), setting in motion a series of confrontations between his father - a man hardened by the pursuit of earning a living, and the storeowner - a man open to the pursuit of a dream.
