Munjya is a supernatural horror comedy which delivers you the elements of comedy and scares. The movie also features a CGI ghost in a Marathi folklore setting.
Munjya is a decent blend of horror as well as comedy whose sub-genre can boast the horror of Stree and the humorous of Bhediya. The movie is most probably the weakest in the horror universe in terms of both star power along with the screenplay set direction. The movie is a average watch one with least scary scenes.
Munjya is helmed by Aditya Sarpotdar. The filmmaker have tried to blend a lot of elements which will intrigue the viewers at the beginning but as the story develops, it ends up only being a comic one which tries hard to scare the viewers. The movie starts with a Marathi folklore in Maharashtra’s Konkan region with a CGI ghost-like figure which is partially scary. The screenplay is prepared with generous amount of humour. The movie will barely scare the viewers but mostly it is a comedy film but the loud background music will give you jump scares.
The story of the film begins in 1952. Goya, a brahmin young boy wishes to marry Munni who is seven years elder than him. After getting disapproval from his family, the boy performes some rituals in the jungle but dies during the process and is then buried under a tree. Then the story continues in the present day in Pune, Bittu portrayed by Abhay Verma, who is a geeky college student works in a salon along with his mother Pammi portrayed by Mona Singh. They enjoy sweet moments at their home with his aaji portrayed by Suhas Joshi. Bittu carries a flame for his childhood friend Bella portrayed by Sharvari, but she is with an English guy Kuba. Bittu often gets nightmares and also hears muffled voices from the peepal tree which is haunted by Munjya. After such incidents, he along with his mother and grandmother visits the village where Bittu comes to know about the hidden secret about his father and his family which is linked with a deadly place named chetuk-baari and there the spirit of Munjya in a peepal tree. This is when Bittu’s life turned upside down and he gets trapped bu Munjya and from here the story gets its twists but in a humorous way.
We can say that Munjya has an interesting plot which touches upon the legends of an eponymous child demon-cum-monster. Munjya is a creature which is both monstrous and childlike as he died in a very young age. He is only visible only to the people from his bloodline. He troubles them to fulfil desires of finding Munni.
The movie is a horror which is barely scary. It is mostly comedy because of your ghost himself or for the way he speaks. Most probably it is for the CGI which made the ghost sound more comedy one. The screenplay is done by Niren Bhatt and the story is backed by Yogesh Chandekar. The first half is quite engaging but the second half puts the story all together. The cinematography is made by Saurabh Goswami who has delivered some spooky scenes with some aerial shots of the village.
Abhay Verma portrays the character very well as he showcases a great blend of being scared and courageous at the same time. There is also an eerie camaraderie between Bittu and Munjya.
The movie Munjya is a blend of love, obsession, possession, black magic and horror. The movie is not a perfect horror comedy one but will definitely offer you a new experience.
