Munjya (2024)

In 1952, in a Konkan village, a young boy named Gotya becomes obsessed with an older girl, Munni. When Munni is married off to someone else, Gotya tries a dark ritual involving a human sacrifice under a peepal tree to win her. The ritual goes wrong, and Gotya dies. His spirit becomes Munjya, trapped in the peepal tree.

In present-day Pune, Bittu is a shy young man studying to be a beautician, who has long had a crush on his childhood friend Bela. During a family visit to the village, Bittu learns about his family's dark past and is drawn to the peepal tree, accidentally freeing Munjya, who turns out to be his relative.

Munjya attaches himself to Bittu, following him back to Pune and demanding that Bittu help him marry Munni. When Munjya discovers that Bela is Munni's granddaughter and looks just like her, he decides Bela will be his bride.

Bittu and his family turn to Elvis Karim Prabhakar, an eccentric exorcist. They plan to trap Munjya at the village by performing a ritual. The ritual goes wrong, but Bittu finally confronts Munjya, traps him back inside the peepal tree and sets it on fire, freeing Bela.

In a post-credits scene, Jana from Stree and Bhediya appears, and Bhaskar, the werewolf from Bhediya, shows up, linking Munjya to the Maddock universe.

Who is Munjya? In Konkan folklore, a Munjya is the ghost of a boy who died after his sacred thread ceremony but before marriage, said to live in peepal trees. In the film, he is Gotya, a boy who died in 1952 during a failed ritual.

Why does Munjya want Bela? Bela is the granddaughter of Munni, the girl Gotya was obsessed with, and looks just like her.

How is Munjya defeated? Bittu traps Munjya inside the peepal tree and sets it on fire.

How is Munjya connected to Stree? It is the third film in the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe. A post-credits scene brings in Jana and Bhaskar from Bhediya, and the story continues in Stree 2 (2024).

Is there a Munjya 2? No sequel has been released yet.