A gem among women) is a 1956 Indian Tamil-language drama film directed by T. Prakash Rao.

The film was simultaneously made in Telugu under the title Charana Daasi, both versions were critical and commercial successes.

Parvathi was lying unconscious in bridal dress and Ravi mistakes her as his wife and takes her to home.

Living in her in-law's she is not able to reveal her identity because of a hesitation that Shekar may doubt her virginity.

The director T. Prakash Rao chose to replace the boat crash sequence in the novel with a train accident in the film, inspired by a real event that took place near Ariyalur.

[4] Mathar Kula Manikkam was the only Tamil film in which Anjali Devi and Savitri co-starred.

[6] Mathar Kula Manikkam and Charanadasi, the Tamil and Telugu versions respectively, were released the same year and were box-office successes.

[4] The former helped Gemini Ganesan and Anjali Devi establish a career in Tamil cinema.