Tumbadchi Manjula

Tumbadchi Manjula

Keshav, a young man who harbours a crush on a local girl, is humiliated in public by Ravi Anna, the village's go-to authority figure, after inadvertently getting into trouble. To save face and exact symbolic revenge, wishing to slap Ravi Anna as he himself was slapped, Keshav falsely claims that the spirit of a woman named Manjula has entered his body. The lie quickly spirals out of control. When Keshav repeats the story, village tantrik Karunakaran Guruji concludes that the spirit must be that of a Manjula who once lived in the neighboring village of Tumbbad. The entire village marches to Tumbbad and approaches Shobha, Manjula's daughter, asking if she has knowledge of her mother's restless spirit. Since the spirit is entirely fabricated, Shobha naturally has no answer to offer. Shortly afterwards, Shobha arrives at Keshav's village seeking shelter from an abusive uncle. The community, however, turns a cold shoulder and sends her back. In a twist that merges old regrets with new beginnings, it is revealed that Ravi Anna had rejected Shobha fifteen years earlier over her appearance. The comedic chaos finally resolves on a warm and heartfelt note when Ravi Anna decides to marry Shobha, bringing the village's supernatural hysteria to a close and delivering the film's underlying message about blind faith, superstition, and the treatment of women.

Director

Vividh Korgaonkar

Release

5 Jun 2026 · Week recap

Run time

152 min

Language

Marathi