In 1952, in a village in Konkan, a young Brahmin boy named Gotya is in love with Munni, a girl seven years older than him. When Munni’s marriage is arranged with another man, Gotya unsuccessfully attempts to poison him. After being scolded by his mother, Gotya, determined to marry Munni, takes his sister Gita to a dense jungle called Chetukwadi to perform black magic under a peepal tree. In the process, he accidentally kills himself, becoming a malevolent spirit named Munjya, haunting the tree.

Several decades later, in Pune, Bittu is a timid young man working as a hairdresser at his mother Pammi’s salon. He loves his grandmother dearly and is deeply attached to her. He is in love with his childhood friend Bela but hasn’t confessed his feelings. Bela returns after completing her studies from the United States and her boyfriend Kuba proposes to her, leaving Bittu heartbroken. Bittu has recurring nightmares about the haunted peepal tree.

Bittu’s family travels to their ancestral home in Konkan for his cousin Rukku’s engagement. There, his uncle Balu Kaka reveals that Bittu’s father died near the haunted tree, believed to be caused by Munjya. Ignoring warnings, Bittu visits the tree and gets possessed by Munjya. Bittu’s grandmother, who is revealed to be Gotya’s sister Gita is killed by Munjya. Munjya demands Bittu help him marry Munni, now Bela’s grandmother.