Merku Thodarchi Malai (English: Western Ghats) is a 2018 Indian Tamil language drama film.

[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.

[not verified in body] Daily wage laborer Rengasamy makes a living carrying cardamom sacks from the mountains to the foothills of the Western Ghats in the interior of Tamil Nadu.

Lenin Bharathi, who previously wrote the screenplay for Aadhalal Kadhal Seiveer, made his directorial debut with this film.

[citation needed] The film was outlined to Vijay Sethupathi about a year before production, gaining his interest in the project.