Munjya (film)

Munjya is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language comedy horror film directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, written by Niren Bhatt, and produced by Dinesh Vijan and Amar Kaushik. The film stars Abhay Verma, Sharvari, Sathyaraj and Mona Singh. The titular character was entirely created using CGI. Produced by Amar Kaushik and Dinesh Vijan under Maddock Films, it is the third installment in the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe and focuses on the legend of Munjya, inspired by Indian folklore and mythology.

Munjya was theatrically released worldwide on 7 June 2024, garnering mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. The film emerged as a sleeper hit, grossing ₹132.13 crore worldwide against a production cost of ₹30 crore, becoming the eighth highest-grossing Hindi film of 2024. At the 70th Filmfare Awards, the film won the award for Best Special Effects.

In 1952, in a village in Konkan, a boy named Gotya is obsessed with Munni, a neighbour seven years older than him. After a failed attempt to harm her suitor, he undergoes his mundan ceremony while Munni is married off. Desperate to marry her, Gotya decides to perform a human sacrifice ritual beneath a peepal tree in the Chetukwadi forest, using his sister Gita as the intended victim. However, Gita escapes, and Gotya accidentally kills himself. His remains are buried beneath the tree to contain his vengeful spirit, which manifests as a supernatural entity called Munjya.