Merkku Thodarchi Malai (2016)

Original title

மேற்குத்தொடர்ச்சி மலை

Directed by

Lenin Bharathi

Genre

drama

Country

India

Runtime

2h 02m

Rated

UA

Rating

7.5 of 10 from 17 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Landless workers on the Western Ghats foothills face conflict when commercialization disrupts their simple village life.

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What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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