EXCLUSIVE: Supernatural horror-comedy is not a genre one necessarily associates with Bollywood, but Munjya, starring Sharvari and Abhay Verma, looks set to topple those expectations, and the pic has now entered the hallowed ‘100-crore (1 billion rupees) club’.
The sleeper hit is the latest instalment in the Maddock Supernatural Universe (previous films are Stree, Roohi, Bhediya) and focuses on the legend of ‘munjya’, an evil spirit from Indian folklore.
Sharvari plays Bela, the love interest of Verma’s Bittu. The film is only Sharvari’s second feature as an actor, and the breakout star could in the near future find herself on a winning streak.
She will soon star opposite Bollywood heavyweights John Abraham and Alia Bhatt in the first female-led film in the YRF spy universe.
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