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.

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.

• 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

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] [4]}

The film's audio track was released on 30 October 2017.^[5] Composer Sam C. S. worked on a promotional song for the film and selected Kavitha Thomas to sing the track.^[6]

Anjana Shekar of The News Minute wrote, "if you were hoping for a few scares or perhaps for the rush that comes while watching a good horror film, you might want to reconsider this one".^[7] Karthik Kumar of Hindustan Times wrote, "6 Athiyayam, an anthology of sorts, from six directors is a brave attempt -- whacky but equally amateurish -- that can’t be easily written off".^[8] Anupama Subramanian of Deccan Chronicle wrote, "All said and done, this new attempt in Tamil cinema is a novel one, which can be appreciated".^[9] The film was also reviewed by Cinema Vikatan.^[10]

• 6 Athiyayam at IMDb