Kanchana (also known as Muni 2: Kanchana) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film written, produced and directed by Raghava Lawrence. It is a sequel to his previous venture, Muni (2007) and the second installment in the Muni (film series). The film stars Lawrence alongside Sarathkumar, Kovai Sarala and Lakshmi Rai while Devadarshini and Sriman play supporting roles. The film revolves around Raghava, who is scared to venture outside gets possessed by a ghost and starts behaving weirdly. The film's cinematography and editing was handled by Vetri and Kishore Te, respectively. The film's soundtrack was composed by Sai Thaman. The film's distribution rights were bought by Sri Thenandal Films.The Central Board Of Film Certification (CBFC) gave the film an "A" Certificate for "Violence" and "Horror". Kanchana's Tamil version was released on 22 July 2011 while a same-titled Telugu dubbed version was released a week earlier on 15 July 2011. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film became a commercial success in both languages. The film has been remade several times including – in Kannada as Kalpana, in Sinhala Sri Lanka as Maya, in Bengali Bangladesh as Mayabini, and in Hindi as Laxmii; Lawrence acted as screenwriter on Kalpana, while directing and co-writing Laxmii. Plot Raghava, an unemployed youth has developed an irrational phasmophobia and refuses to step out of his house after sunset, still chooses to sleep in his mother's room and forces her accompany him to restroom at night. His antics disrupt the peace of his family constituting his widowed mother Sarala, elder brother Prasad, the latter's wife Kamakshi and their children. Raghava and his companions, who usually play cricket in a ground, are compelled to search for another as a construction activity is bound to take place in it and unwittingly choose an abandoned land, which is believed to be haunted by supernatural creatures. While they try setting up the cricket pitch, a peculiar weather change causes them to abandon the land and return home but Raghava doesn't notice that his cricket wickets have pierced corpses buried under the land and are stained with blood. Raghava woos Kamakshi's younger sister Priya, who has come to stay with them while Sarala and Kamakshi become panic-stricken by perpetual supernatural occurrences at their residence. Hiding it from their family, Sarala and Kamakshi consult a priest who suggests three rituals to test the presence of a spirit in their home.