

On consulting a priest, they perform three rituals to ascertain if the house is haunted:ġ. In the following days, his mother and sister-in-law witnesses several paranormal activities at night because of a ghost. He focuses on wooing Priya, his sister-in-law's sister. Raghava brings home his cricket stumps, which have been stained with blood from a buried corpse in the ground. A bizarre weather change scares them away. One day, Raghava and his friends are forced to abandon their usual cricket ground and find a new one they unwittingly select an abandoned ground which is rumoured to be haunted. This creates a major annoyance in the household, including Raghava's brother, sister-in-law, and their children. His fear is so great he prefers to sleep with his mother and has her accompany him to the bathroom at night.

He suffers from an irrational fear of ghosts and retreats to the safety of his home after sunset. Raghava is a typical jobless man but a lovable person who spends his days playing cricket with friends.

The film has been remade several times including – in Kannada as Kalpana, in Sinhala Sri Lanka as Maya, in Bengali Bangladesh as Mayabiny, and in Hindi as Laxmii Lawrence acted as screenwriter on Kalpana, while directing and co-writing Laxmii. Despite receiving mixed reviews from critics, the film became a commercial success in both languages. 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. The film's distribution rights were bought by Sri Thenandal Films. The film's soundtrack was composed by Sai Thaman. The film's cinematography and editing was handled by Vetri and Kishore Te.

The film revolves around Raghava, who is scared to venture outside gets possessed by a ghost and starts behaving weirdly. The film features himself alongside Sarathkumar, Kovai Sarala and Lakshmi Rai in the lead roles, while Devadarshini and Sriman played supporting roles. Kanchana (also known as Muni 2: Kanchana) is a 2011 Indian Tamil-language horror comedy film written, produced and directed by Raghava Lawrence as a sequel to his previous venture, Muni (2007) and the second installment in the Muni film series.
