Merku Thodarchi Malai

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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
Starring	Antony Gayathri Krishnaa Abu Valayankulam
Cinematography	Theni Eswar
Edited by	Kasi Viswanathan
Music by	Ilaiyaraaja
Production companies	Vijay Sethupathi Productions Dream Tree Productions
Distributed by	VT Cinemas
Release dates	2018 (2018) (New York Indian Film Festival) 24 August 2018 (2018-08-24) (India)
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.^[1] This is said to be Ilaiyaraaja's 1001th film signed by him in 2015.^[2]

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.^{[not verified in body]}