Muni (film series)
| Muni series | |
|---|---|
 First Look Poster of Kanchana 2 | |
| Directed by | Raghava Lawrence |
| Produced by |
Saran (Muni) Raghava Lawrence (Kanchana) Bellamkonda Suresh (Kanchana 2) |
| Written by |
Raghava Lawrence (Kanchana, Kanchana 2) Ramesh Khanna (Muni) (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Raghava Lawrence |
| Story by | Raghava Lawrence |
| Starring | Raghava Lawrence |
| Music by |
Bharadwaj (Muni) S. Thaman (Kanchana, Kanchana 2) Leon James (Kanchana 2) C.Sathya (Kanchana 2) Ashwamithra (Kanchana 2) |
| Cinematography |
K. V. Guhan (Muni) Vetri Krishnasamy (Kanchana) Rajavel Olhiveeran (Kanchana 2) |
| Edited by |
Suresh Urs (Muni) Kishore Te. (Kanchana, Kanchana 2) |
Production company |
Gemini Productions (Muni) Raghavendra Productions (Kanchana, Kanchana 2) |
| Distributed by |
Gemini Productions (Muni) Sri Thenandal Films (Kanchana) Sun Pictures (Kanchana 2) |
Release dates |
1: 9 March 2007 2 : 22 July 2011 3 : 17 April 2015 |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Muni (Tamil: முனி) is a series of Kollywood comedy horror films directed by Raghava Lawrence who also appeared in lead roles in all the films. The first film is Muni (2007) and the second is Muni 2: Kanchana (2011) with the third installment of the franchise titled Kanchana 2 (2015). All films had a massive success in the box office as it started a trend of the comedy-horror genre in Tamil cinema.
Basis for all films
All movies are actually not connected with each other, instead showing another episode in the life of Ganesh/Raghava (Raghava Lawrence). He is usually terrified of ghosts. He always comes back home after 6pm. When somebody or something does scare him at home, he immediately jumps on his mum's (Kovai Sarala) hip. He always goes to sleep and goes to the bathroom with this mum as well. When he does go to sleep, he has a set up. He puts slippers and broomsticks around his bed to protect him from ghosts. He even puts slippers underneath the photo of his dead father (Vinu Chakravarthy), in case he comes in form of a ghost and attacks him. A grown man doing this is why there is a lot of laughs in the cinema.
He has different love intrests in each movie with funny parts of him trying to woo them. Soon, they get together. They usually have not much scope in the movie other then that, except for Kanchana 2. The love intrest (Taapsee) is also possessed by a ghost and both her and Ganesh/Raghava act weird.
Ganesh/Raghava normally goes to a place where there is a ghost. For example, in Muni they move into a new house, in Muni 2: Kanchana it's a field where he plays cricket and in Kanchana 2 it is an abandoned house for a TV show about ghosts.
Later, it roams around their home for a bit, causing more comedy bits. Then, suddenly it goes inside Ganesh/Raghava causing him to act weird and freaking out people around him. Then his family arranges a ghost expert to get the ghost out of him. This is where the ghost tells them who they are. Normally, they are innocent people who have been killed for no reason and want to take revenge. Ganesh/Raghava feels sorry for the ghost and lets it use his body to take revenge. Eventually the ghost does take revenge, with a few obstacles. Because Ganesh/Raghava helped the ghost, they are ready to protect him if he is put in danger.
Recurring cast and characters
| Character | Film | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| "width:10%;"| Muni (2007) |
"width:10%;"| Muni 2: Kanchana (2011) |
"width:10%;"| Muni 3: Kanchana 2 (2015) | |
| Ganesh / Raghava | Raghava Lawrence | ||
| Mother | Kovai Sarala | ||
| Father | Vinu Chakravarthy | Vinu Chakravarthy (in onscreen photograph) |
Vinu Chakravarthy (in onscreen photograph) |
| Ghost | Rajkiran | Sarath Kumar | Raghava Lawrence, Nithya Menen |
| Love Interest | Vedhicka | Lakshmi Rai | Taapsee |
| Villain | Kadhal Dhandapani | Devan | Jayaprakash |