Demonte colony 2

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There’s no dearth of supposedly haunted places in Chennai: from the Theosophical Society Campus and Broken Bridge in Adyar to Madras Christian College in Tambaram. But while most are quick to dismiss these horror tales, there is one location that no local takes lightly: De Monte Colony. The secluded and near-abandoned area has captured the imagination; the spooky legends fuelled by word-of-mouth horror tales and a feature-length horror movie. So what is it that makes De Monte Colony the most haunted neighbourhood in Chennai?

A haunting from ages past

John De Monte or D’Monte (left) died a wealthy man in 1861 | | Public Domain

The story of the De Monte Colony in Chennai begins with a wealthy Portuguese prince who founded the first settlement here. John De Monte lived with his wife, Mary, and owned several acres of land in what are now some of the poshest spots in the city, including Moubray’s Garden, Greenways Road and the Madras Club.

He was a devout Christian and a rich man for most of his lifetime. He was also credited with having constructed the Our Lady o

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Chennai's de Monte colony: From a spooky dark corner to a hot spot

CHENNAI: After featuring in Kollywood as a scary `haunted' place in the heart of the city , the properties of late John de Monte, the 19th century Portuguese merchant who made Chennaihis home, is finally going to be put to commercial use. A 6-acre real estatehot spot in posh Alwarpet is being retrieved from ruin and illegal occupation through a redevelopment plan by the church, unlocking high valuations of the assets left behind by de Monte, a handkerchief merchant whose story gained needless notoriety after a recent Tamil horror flick.

de Monte, a celebrated church benefactor, had committed his assets-estimated to be over 105 acres of land across prime locations in Chennai-to the Archdiocese of Madras-Mylapore to be intended for charity. His lands now rest on coveted spots on the real estate valuation map. Portions of Alwarpet, Luz, Teynampet, and even the Boat Club, a sought-after preserve supposedly second only to the Poes Garden, where the Tamil NaduChief Minister J Jayalalithaa and actor Rajnikanth reside.

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Demonte Colony 2

2024 Indian film by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu

Demonte Colony 2
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Directed by	R. Ajay Gnanamuthu
Written by	R. Ajay Gnanamuthu Venky Venugopal Rajavel
Produced by	Bobby Balachandran Vijay Subaramaniam R. C. Rajkumar
Starring
Cinematography	Harish Kannan
Edited by	Kumaresh D.
Music by	Sam C. S.
Production companies	BTG Universal White Nights Entertainment Gnanamuthu Pattarai
Distributed by	Red Giant Movies
Release date	15 August 2024 (2024-08-15)
Running time	144 minutes^[1]
Country	India
Language	Tamil
Budget	₹15–20 crore^[2]
Box office	₹85 crore^[2]

Demonte Colony 2 (also marketed as Demonte Colony II: Vengeance of the Unholy) is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language supernatural horror thriller film directed by R. Ajay Gnanamuthu, and produced by Bobby Balachandran under the banner of BTG Universal, together with Gnanamuthu Pattarai and White Nights Entertainment. The sequel to Demonte Colony (2015), Arulnith