With the star cast of Sharvari Wagh, Samarth Kaimliya,Abhay Verma under the production of Maddock Films ‘Muniya’ is part of Maddock Films’ horror comedy universe, which includes movies like Stree (2018), Roohi (2021), and Bhediya (2022). The movie Munjya is directed by Aditya Sarpotdar, Munjya was released on June 7 2024 amid negligible expectations. One can say that it had zero buzz before hitting theatres. However, once the content started taking over the audience, the film started performing in top gear, and despite being in the third week currently, it is refusing to slow down in the domestic market.
On the third Saturday, Munjya witnessed a solid jump and raked in 5.80 crores, taking the collection to 80.11 crores at the Indian box office. This is already a huge victory, but the film won’t stop
here as it still has enough fuel left in it. Soon, it will smoothly enter the 100-crore club in India, thus becoming the third Bollywood film of 2024 to hit a century after Hrithik Roshan and Deepika Padukone starrer Fighter and Ajay Devgan and R. Madhavan’s Shaitaan. Against the reported budget of 30 crores, Munjya has earned 80.11 crores at the Indian box office which means that the film has raked in box office returns of 50.11 crores after removing the budget from the collection. Calculated further, it equals 167.03% returns. As per parameters, the film hitting 150% returns is a super-hit in the domestic market. So,
this horror comedy is a super-hit. Munjya is the first Bollywood super-hit of 2024. Both Shaitaan and Article 370 were hits in the domestic market.
Newbies Sharvari Wagh and Abhay Verma have managed to unleash a feat that even Bollywood veterans failed to accomplish. Both these actors, with their latest release, have managed to impress the audience and gain a lot of love and support. Written by Niren Bhatt, Yogesh Chandekar, Tushar and Ajgaonkar, the plot of the film includes a young man’s visit to his native village unveils a family secret and a vengeful spirit, Munjya, who wants to get married. Now the young man must fight to protect himself and his love from Munjya’s clutches leading to a humorously chaotic and terrifying adventure. This film has managed to give Bollywood its first super hit of the year.
Post Munjya Sharvari will team up with Alia Bhatt for an action-packed spy thriller. Speaking about the same, she had told ETimes, “When I met Alia after we knew that we’re going to do this film, the first thing she said to me was that your Vedaa teaser looks extremely fun, and I can’t wait to watch that film, and that was a big compliment for me. Just for her to remember it and share it with me made me feel much more confident around her. One knows she’s a big star and I love her. She’s my favorite actress and her statement made me very confident. So, for me, I was also trying to find my footing around her but she’s super cool. She just made it so easy and I’m very excited.
Whereas Abhay Verma will next be seen in the movie “Safed” this year.
