Merku Thodarchi Malai

Merku Thodarchi Malai (The Western Ghats)
Poster
Directed byLenin Bharathi
Written byRaasi Thangadurai (Dialogues)
Screenplay byLenin Bharathi
Produced byVijay Sethupathi
Starring
  • Antony
  • Gayathri Krishnaa
  • Abu Valayankulam
CinematographyTheni Eswar
Edited byKasi Viswanathan
Music byIlaiyaraaja
Production
companies
Distributed byVT Cinemas
Release dates
Running time
118 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageTamil

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.