6 Athiyayam

6 Athiyayam (transl. 6 Chapters) is a 2018 Tamil-language horror anthology film directed by Cable Sankar, Shankar Thiyagarajan, Ajayan Bala, E. A. V. Suresh, Lokesh Rajendran, and Sridhar Venkatesan. It includes six separate stories, each part being directed by a different director. The film features an ensemble cast including Thaman Kumar, S. S. Stanley, Pop Suresh, Baby Sathanya, Pasanga Kishore, Madhu Sri, Sanjeev, Gayathri, Cable Sankar, Vishnu, Francis, Vinoth Kishan, Aravind Rajagopal, and Charulatha Rangarajan.

6 Athiyayam
Pre-release poster
Directed by	Cable Sankar Shankar Thiyagarajan Ajayan Bala EAV Suresh Lokesh Rajendran Sridhar Venkatesan
Written by	Cable Sankar Shankar Thiyagarajan Ajayan Bala EAV Suresh Lokesh Rajendran Sridhar Venkatesan
Produced by	Shankar Thiyagarajan[1]
Starring	Thaman Kumar S. S. Stanley Pop Suresh Baby Sathanya Pasanga Kishore Madhu Sri Sanjeev Gayathri Cable Sankar Vishnu Francis Vinoth Kishan Aravind Rajagopal Charulatha Rangarajan
Music by	Sam C. S. (promotional song)
Production company	Ascii Media Hut
Release date	February 23, 2018 (2018-02-23)
Running time	118 minutes
Country	India
Language	Tamil

The film was produced by Shankar Thiyagarajan with a promotional song composed by Sam C. S., and lyrics by Karki Bava. The film was released on 23 February 2018.

Anthologies

Role	Chapter[2]
	Super Hero	Ini Thodarum	Misai	Anamika	Soupboy Subramani	Sithiram Kolluthadi
Writer, Director	Cable Sankar	Shankar Thiyagarajan	Ajayan Bala	EAV Suresh	Lokesh Rajendran	Sridhar Venkatesan
Director of Photography	C. J. Rajkumar	C. J. Rajkumar	Pon Kasirajan	Arunmozhi Sozhan	Arunmani Palani	Mano Raja
Background Score	Silburn	Silburn	Joshua	Taj Noor	Sathish Kumar	Jose Franklin
Editor	Vijay Velukutty	Vijay Velukutty	Bala	Mani	Lokesh Rajendran	Vijay Andrews

Common credits

• Producer: Shankar Thiyagarajan
• Executive producer: Cable Sankar
• Music director: Taj Noor, Joshua, Sathish Kumar, Jose Franklin, Sam C. S.
• Choreography: Nanda
• Visual effects: V Focus Digital Media
• Director of Photography (Song): C. J. Rajkumar

Cast

Super Hero	Ini Thodarum	Misai
Thaman Kumar as Subramani S. S. Stanley	Pop Suresh as Young Guy Baby Sathanya as Baby Ghost Divya as Girl Ghost	Pasanga Kishore as Shakthi Madhu Sri as Swetha Prasanna as Friend Adithya Kathir as Friend Randilya as Messager Boy
Anamika	Soupboy Subramani	Sithiram Kolluthadi
Sanjeev as Karthi Sriram Parthasarathy as Friend Chelladurai as Old Man Gayathri as Girl Cable Sankar as Uncle	Vishnu as Subramani Francis as Kopanaswami Chandirakanta as Richa Sangeetha as Sundaravalli Eswari as Sarala Eswar Vel as Swami's assistant Karthik as Swami's assistant Selvaraj as Swami's assistant	Vinoth Kishan Aravind Rajagopal Somu Sundar Charulatha Rangarajan Anthony Hadlee Subramani Aravind Balaji Karthikeyan Ramu Suba Teju Malini Sathappan

Production

The film was produced by Shankar Thiyagarajan of Ascii Media Hut, for whom it is their debut production. Shankar stated he had the urge to do something experimental and pitched the idea of a horror anthology to various filmmakers, eventually getting 30 young story writers who were interested. They then shortlisted five, and with Shankar's own film, it became six short films.^[3] In addition, for most of the directors, it is their debut film, with the exception of Cable Sankar, who had previously directed Thottal Thodarum (2015). Ajayan Bala also has experience in the industry, having written the screenplay for films such as Chennaiyil Oru Naal (2013) and Manithan (2016). Shankar Thiyagaran initially titled the film Hexa, with the tagline of 6 Athiyayam, but later made the tagline the title.^[3]

Soundtrack

6 Athiyayam
Soundtrack album by Sam C. S.
Released	30 October 2017 (2017-10-30)
Genre	Film soundtrack
Length	4:00
Label	TrendMusic
Producer	Sam C. S.
Sam C. S. chronology
Puriyatha Puthir (2017) 6 Athiyayam (2017) Diya (2018)

The film's audio track was released on 30 October 2017 in a function attended by leading Tamil directors Cheran, Parthiban, Vetrimaran, A. Venkatesh, Arivazhagan and producer G. Dhananjayan.^[4] Composer Sam C. S. worked on a promotional song for the film and selected Kavitha Thomas to sing the track.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Run For Your Life"	Kavitha Thomas, Karki Bhava	Kavitha Thomas, Ma Ka Pa Anand	4:00