Bollywood horror thriller, Mangalsutra, directed by Vijay B. and written by Snehalata Verma was released on April 10, 1981. The movie starred Anant Nag and Rekha in lead roles while Madan Puri, Asit Sen, Rajendra nath, Prem Narayan, Jagdeep, Shashi Puri, Om Shivpuri, Jayshree T. and Chand Usmani also played important characters in the film. The melodious music of the movie was composed by none other than veteran music director Rahul Dev Burman while the songs were rendered by Kishore Kumar etc.

The movie starts with a guy named Vijay ( Anant Nag ), who belongs to a wealthy family and living a luxurious lifestyle alongwith his widowed father. He is in love with a girl named Gayatri ( Rekha ) since their childhood. Gayatri belongs to a middle class family and lives alongwith her father, Badri ( Madan Puri ) and mother, Satyavati. Soon Vijay and Gayatri get married to each other. But soon she revelas that Vijay is an athiest. On the otherhand, Gayatri is a worshipper of Lord Shiv. She reveals that several accident happened before her marriage with Vijay.

She get shocked to see a new identity of Vijay on their wedding night. She get shcoked to see a lusty Vijay, who just want to get her on bed and nothing more. Vijay is taken to doctor who fails to cure his disease. Then a tantrik named Bajrangi Baba is called to see Vijay. Soon it is revealed that Vijay has been possessed by his girlfriend, Kamini ( Prema Narayan ), with whom he remonaced during his college days. But later he refused to get married with her.

The songs of the movie are:

1. Tum bade nithur
2. Jiya dole
3. Rah rah ke yaad
4. Janme kunware