On Roohi release day, a look-back at Stree and how it aced the genre. On Throwback Thursday On Roohi release day, a look-back at Stree and how it aced the genre. On Throwback Thursday As Roohi releases today, here's looking back at the 2018 film Stree and decoding how it aced the horror-comedy genre. Stree, directed by Amar Kaushik, starred Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao in the lead roles. advertisement Roohi, from the makers of Stree, released today. Janhvi Kapoor, Rajkummar Rao and Varun Sharma-starrer Roohi has released today and it opened to mixed reviews. The film is produced by Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films, the same production house behind the 2018 film Stree. While Roohi is not a sequel to Stree, it belongs to the same universe, as confirmed by Dinesh Vijan in one of his interviews. He had said that all his horror comedies will start connecting at a later stage and that they are taking ‘baby steps’ right now. Marvel Cinematic Universe has nothing on you.