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 the 2018 film 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 as a group of friends who must defeat Sarkata, a headless malevolent entity abducting the women of Chanderi including Shama played by Tamannaah.

Kaushik expressed interest in developing a sequel to Stree in October 2018. By 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. Bhatt eventually took over as writer, having written the other two instalments Bhediya (2022) and Munjya (2024). The sequel was officially announced by Vijan and Jyoti Deshpande in April 2023. Principal photography began in July of the same year, primarily taking place in Chanderi and Bihar, and concluded by mid-2024. The soundtrack album was composed by Sachin–Jigar, while the background score was composed by Justin Varghese, who replaced Ketan Sodha from the original. The cinematography and editing were handled by Jishnu Bhattacharjee, who replaced Amalendu Chaudhary from the original, and Hemanti Sarkar, respectively.

Stree 2 was theatrically released worldwide on 15 August 2024, coinciding with Independence Day, and received positive reviews from critics. The film grossed over ₹875 crore (US$100 million) worldwide, emerging as the third highest-grossing Indian film and the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2024, as well as the sixth highest-grossing Hindi film and the eleventh highest-grossing Indian film of all time. A sequel is in development.

Stree 2 received 14 nominations at the 70th Filmfare Awards including Best Film, Best Director (Kaushik), Best Actor (Rao) and Best Actress (Kapoor), winning Best Female Playback Singer (Bagchi for "Aaj Ki Raat).

After Stree abstains from haunting Chanderi, a headless demon called Sarkata emerges and abducts an unaccompanied woman. A few years later, the townsfolk of Chanderi worship Stree and believe that the women Sarkata abducted in the past few years left their homes to seek better opportunities. Meanwhile, Rudra receives an anonymous envelope containing a few missing pages of the "Chanderi Puran" and a message saying, "Vo Aayega" (transl. He will come). He promptly confides in Vicky, who brushes him off.

The townsfolk discern the existence of Sarkata after he abducts Bittu's girlfriend Chitti. The enigmatic woman, who vanished from the bus, briefly reappears to Vicky and cautions him about Sarkata. Vicky, Rudra and Bittu examine the missing pages of 'Chanderi Puran' and discover that Sarkata is the malevolent ghost of Chandrabhan, a former chieftain of Chanderi, who murdered Stree and her partner while their young daughter spectated helplessly. He was murdered by Stree but was destined to emerge from the dead after her supposed exit from the town; he despises progressive women and targets them. Realizing that they need Stree's assistance in defeating him, Vicky and Bittu meet with Jana, who was once a medium for Stree, at his werewolf cousin Bhaskar's residence and convince him to return home for a "stage play".

They search for Stree at her lair, where Sarkata attacks Jana and the latter briefly has an out-of-body experience; his soul visits Sarkata's lair, where he finds the missing women including Chitti. His soul returns to his body and the group leaves the fort with Sarkata in pursuit. The woman (Shraddha Kapoor) shows up again and fights Sarkata, having acquired Stree's powers through her braid but he destroys Stree's statue to indicate his authority. Women of the town fear getting abducted and urge Vicky to find a solution; The woman motivates Vicky and reminds him that he is the saviour of the town. She gives him a mystical dagger that is capable of killing Sarkata. To lure Sarkata, they arrange for a dance performance by Rudra's beautiful lover Shama(Tamannaah)who runs a dance troop outside of Chanderi. Sarkata appears to abduct her after her performance but Vicky fails to muster the courage to kill him; he subsequently enchants the men of the town and abducts Shama, devastating Rudra. Elsewhere, the bewitched men turn chauvinistic and begin to dominate women in their homes.

Desperate to rescue the town, the group traces the writer of the letter to a mental asylum, where they realize that he is the descendant of Sarkata. He reveals that Sarkata could only be defeated by a person, who is neither a man nor a woman but both. The woman merges her soul with Vicky for the time being and they enter Sarkata's lair. They confront Sarkata and sever his head but each dismembered part forms a new Sarkata and creates terror. Bhaskar comes to their rescue but they are still overwhelmed by Sarkata. Having no choice, the woman calls for Stree, who is revealed to be her mother. Stree arrives and presumably kills him by dragging Sarkata into lava, releasing the abducted women and disenchanting the men of Chanderi. While the townsfolk celebrate, the woman reveals herself to be a ghost to Vicky and that her true purpose is to help her mother attain salvation. She finally whispers her name in Vicky's ears and promises to meet again.