Munjya OTT release date: Directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, and produced by Maddock Films, the Bollywood movie Munjya was released in theatres on June 7, 2024.
With its star studded cast, including Sharvari Wagh, Abhay Verma, Mona Singh, and Sathyaraj, the horror-comedy had earned ₹23 crore just within the first four days of its release.
While there have been dips and rises across the span of daily sales, Munjya movie has earned a total of ₹101.6 crore. The movie had managed to collect Rs4 crore, right on its release date. The numbers had increased the following day, collecting ₹7.25 crore.
Dinesh Vijan founded Maddock Films, had earlier produced another horror comedy, Bhediya. Starring Varun Dhawan, Kriti Sanon, and Abhishek Banerjee, the movie had earned over ₹100 crore at the box office. According to media reports, the movie was made with Rs50 crore.
Varun Dhawan had earlier asked fans not to miss the post-credit scene in Munjya. He shared a clip from Munjya. In the video, Dhawan’s character, Bhaskar from Bhediya, camouflages himself with leaves, and hides behind a rock. Banerjee's character, Janardhan, helps by giving him offering him some clothes.
Munjya is the Marathi name for Upanayana (sacred thread), or the ‘thread ceremony’ performed only for Hindu Brahmin boys, typically around adolescence. As legend has it, after death, the spirits of these boys haunt peepal trees. The Bollywood movie is based on the belief that these spirits dwell in peepal trees or near wells. This makes people afraid of going near wells or peepal trees at night.
Scheduled to stream on Disney+ Hotstar around August-September 2024, Munjhya’s OTT release will offer Bollywood fans to be scared, and tickled to death, at the same time.
Disclosure: Numbers have been sourced from Sacnilk.
