Stree 2: Sarkate Ka Aatank 2024

Stree 2: Sarkate Ka Aatank (transl. Woman 2: Terror of the Headless) is a 2024 Indian Hindi-language comedy horror film directed by Amar Kaushik, written by Niren Bhatt and produced jointly by Maddock Films and Jio Studios. A sequel to Stree (2018), which spawned the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe, it serves as the fourth instalment in the franchise. The film stars Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Abhishek Banerjee and Aparshakti Khurana and as a group of friends who must defeat Sarkata, a headless malevolent entity abducting the women of Chanderi. Kaushik expressed interest in a sequel to Stree in November 2018; in February 2022, Rao confirmed that the project was in development, but original writers and producers Raj & DK were no longer involved, having parted ways with producer Dinesh Vijan over disputes regarding the rights to the franchise. The sequel was officially announced by Vijan and Jyoti Deshpande in April 2023, with Bhatt, who had written past instalments Bhediya (2022) and Munjya (2024), taking over as writer. Principal photography began in July of the same year, primarily taking place in Chanderi and Bihar, and concluded by mid-2024.