Merku Thodarchi Malai
| Merku Thodarchi Malai (The Western Ghats) | |
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| Directed by | Lenin Bharathi |
| Written by | Raasi Thangadurai (Dialogues) |
| Screenplay by | Lenin Bharathi |
| Produced by | Vijay Sethupathi |
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| Cinematography | Theni Eswar |
| Edited by | Kasi Viswanathan |
| Music by | Ilaiyaraaja |
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| Distributed by | VT Cinemas |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Merku Thodarchi Malai (English: Western Ghats) is a 2018 Indian Tamil language drama film. It was directed by Lenin Bharathi and produced by Vijay Sethupathi, with cinematographer Theni Eswar and composer Ilaiyaraaja. This is said to be Ilaiyaraaja's 1001th film signed by him in 2015.
The film revolves around the life and times of a group of landless workers living along the foothills of the Western Ghats in India. It depicts how the introduction of commercialization creates conflict in the simple lives of the villagers.