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.[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]

  1. ^ "Isaignani for Vijay Sethupathi". The Times of India. 24 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Vijay Sethupathy gets Ilayaraja's 1001th (sic!) movie". Indiaglitz. 5 January 2015.