Plot

Mandbuddhi is the story of Pagli and her daughter Mandakini who was born because of Pagli's rape. To take revenge she gives her womb to the childless couples of the village. Watch the movie to seek the truth behind Mandakini's origin.

Mandbuddhi is the Story of a girl who is Pagli (Mentally Retarded as well as deaf & dumb), Her daughter Mandakini was taken away by Jumman Chacha to the city to Bijli Rani (Tawayaf), to be taken care of, as Pagli dies during delivering the child. Mandakini grows up in the city as Bijli's daughter. But she is taken back when Jumman on his death bed confesses to her about the hidden truth of her origin. She is shattered to know that she is daughter of Thakur Suryabhan Singh, who had raped her mother, and was asked to be killed, so that no traces of the crime are left. But as Jumman Chacha used to treat Pagli as his daughter, he sought shelter for Mandakini at Bijli's home. Thakur Suryabhan Singh rules Sujanpur. Villagers worship him as their lord. Thakur is a very dominating husband as compared to his loving and over caring wife Kuntika; he is a very dotting father to his son Chandrabhan. Suman, Chandrabhan's wife is in distress as she has not experienced the motherhood. But she is not to be blamed because there has been an ancient talisman (taweez) which has to be worn by the male of the family to bore fatherhood to continue the legacy of the thakur family. On one hand where thakur family is longing for their heir which leads to petty quarrels in the family, at the same time in Sujanpur couples who were longing for child for years have started getting male heir for their families. A child of his own. It has been happening past few years since a lady arrived in the village as a blessing who lent her womb. Going against Thakur's will, Suman finally succeeds in convincing Chandrabhan & Kuntika to seek help for her to get the child from the lady who lends her womb every year in Ashwin Navratri (Hindu festival) after Navami hawan. The same night when Chandrabhan is alone with the lady for the proceedings he is shocked when she puts the talisman around his neck before mating, saying the man has to wear it to get the child. He recognizes the talisman to be the same that he had seen his father wearing, which had gone missing last twenty-four years. He questions her about the talisman being with her, to which when she is about to reply, the door of the room opens with a bang and they see Thakur Suryabhan at the door. She reveals herself to be Mandakini, daughter of Pagli who was raped by Thakur Suryabhan. The villagers along with Bijli rani witness this scene. And she raises the curtain from the hidden truth so far, that Chandrabhan and Mandakini are biological siblings. Also, there are heirs of Thakur family in the village as Mandakini has been lending womb to people there. Thakur realizes his mistake after the entire ruckus and feels sorry for his deeds and seeks forgiveness from Mandakini to which she refuses and hands over the talisman to Chandrabhan (Kunwar) and walks away.