The Mother of Children) is a 1957 Indian Tamil-language film directed by K. Somu and written by A. P. Nagarajan, who produced it with V. K. Ramasamy.

Staying back in the hamlet and tilling his land, he sends his beloved sister Thangam to a college in town.

The two families are not in speaking terms ever since Angamma's husband ran away unable to meet the unreasonable demands of his brother-in-law after having borrowed some money from him.

The storm which breaks out when the warring families become aware of their love and how the lovers unite finally fill rest of the reels.

Makkalai Petra Magarasi was the first film to be produced by actor V. K. Ramasamy and director A. P. Nagarajan (who worked mostly as a screenwriter at that time) under their then newly formed production company Sri Lakshmi Pictures.