Munjya

Munjya

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. In present-day Pune, the timid young Bittu works at his mother Pammi's beauty salon and shares a close bond with his grandmother, Gita. Heartbroken by the engagement of his childhood friend and crush, Bela, to her English companion Kuba, Bittu and his family travel to their ancestral village for his cousin Rukku's wedding. There, Bittu overhears a conversation between Gita and his uncle Balu about his late father's mysterious death, which is linked to the haunted peepal tree. Disturbed, Bittu visits the tree and inadvertently releases Munjya. Gita saves Bittu but is killed in the process. Back in Pune, Munjya begins haunting Bittu, insisting that he arrange a marriage with Munni or Pammi will be harmed. Bittu confides in his cousin Spielberg, and the two learn from Rukku that Munni is Bela’s wheelchair-using grandmother.

Director

Aditya Sarpotdar

Release

7 Jun 2024

Run time

123 min

Language

Hindi