First came ‘Stree’ (2018). Then ‘Bhediya’ (2022), ‘Munjya’ (2024), and ‘Thamma’ followed, each film giving us a unique character and its world. Now, it looks like there’s another new entrant in the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe (MHCU) — Artificial Intelligence (AI). mid-day has learnt that producer Dinesh Vijan is exploring the possibility of creating a full-fledged AI-driven big-screen spectacle that will be a part of the MHCU. 

Sources tell us that the idea is currently in the development stage. “There are exciting titles ‘Bhediya 2’, ‘Stree 3’, ‘Shakti Shalini’ with Aneet Padda, and ‘Chamunda’ with Alia Bhatt. The makers want to integrate an AI film into the slate as well. They have high ambitions with the MHCU, and an AI film feels like a natural fit that will widen the possibilities of what can happen in that universe. Things are, however, in the nascent stage,” reveals a source.