As the big screen is all set to release yet another movie in a lesser-touched genre, is building anticipation in Bollywood enthusiasts and folklore aficionados alike. With echoes of recent successes like (2024), (2022), (2022), and the hauntingly evocative from 2018; based on folklore, and Stree (2018) based on the incident Munjya might just be the next movie exploring the scantily explored territory of horror comedies blending it with folklore and infusing it with a not-so-subtle social conscience. Set in Konkan, a land known for its spirits and demons as much as for its Gods, the film premise promises to be a captivating blend of eerie and humorous, especially for its younger audience this time.
The is a monstrous entity from the Konkani folklore. A man is said to go through 4 stages in his life namely (student life), (household life), (renouncing the city life and moving to a forest on the lines of retirement) and (renunciation). Wherein these the upanayana sanskar (thread ceremony) known as in Marathi and in this context, the Konkan region, marks the initiation of a child venturing into his student age.
There is another ceremony known as the which is usually a part of wedding rituals and indicates the end of the student phase and initiation into the household age. If a bachelor, however, dies after his Munja and before his sod Munja, he is considered to become a Munjya. The spirit of a Munjya is said to reside on peepal trees or in the vicinity of a well.
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