Zombie) is a 2016 Indian Tamil-language action horror film written and directed by Shakti Soundar Rajan, starring Ravi Mohan, Lakshmi Menon and Anikha Surendran.

The film depicts a zombie apocalypse in the state of Tamil Nadu that starts after a poisonous liquid spills from a container outside a chemical laboratory in Ooty.

Karthik is a traffic police officer who learns of the outbreak when his sister goes missing, and he finds himself attacked by some zombies.

[4][5] Along with a Telugu dubbed version titled Yamapasham, the film was released theatrically on 19 February 2016 before the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.

[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Later, Jayam Ravi introduced plans to make the sequel Miruthan 2 as a superhero film so as to cater to younger audiences as well.

[13] The opening scene shows a container of poisonous liquid being spilt from a transport vehicle at a chemical laboratory in Ooty.

Back to the present, Karthik is a traffic police sub-inspector in Ooty who avoids all kinds of dangers as he takes care of his younger sister Vidya, who is in her early teens.

Karthik kills Dharan with his gun, but Vidya does not turn into a zombie despite the fact that she was attacked almost an hour ago.

He himself slowly turns into a zombie, but he safely escorts her to the hospital before his human feelings lose and also advises Renu to shoot him.

But she is too adamant about knowing the reason why he had saved her, despite the uncaring Naveen's attempts and her selfish father, and realizes his love for her, but Karthik turns into a zombie.

[16] In July 2015, a schedule was held at Binny Mills, where the art direction team had erected a set costing 1.5 crore rupees.

[18] Latha Srinivasan of dna gave 2 stars and said, "The zombies of Hollywood won't do a far better job of entertaining you than Miruthan.

[23] In March 2016, Shakti Soundar Rajan announced his plans to make a sequel of the film in the future.