F6 Building Ivory Street first look sets a haunting in Chennai

The first look of F6 Building Ivory Street, a horror thriller shot in Tamil and Malayalam, is out, and it keeps things simple: a mother and son clutching each other in a dark corridor, staring up at something the poster does not show you. Behind them, the same frightened pair repeats down the hallway like a reflection that has gone wrong.

The film is the debut of Abhay Sankar, who wrote the story, screenplay and dialogue. Its premise has a wink built in. A middle-aged man leaves Kerala for Chennai with his mother, chasing a dream of becoming a film director, and the new home they settle into turns out to be occupied by something else. The makers promise family comedy, romance and emotional beats around the scares, which is the house style for most horror that crosses the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border these days.

Kalesh Ramanand plays the son and Shraddha Gokul the heroine. The more interesting name is the mother: Kalaranjini, elder sister of Urvashi and a familiar face from Malayalam cinema, gets the role the whole poster is built around. Ramesh Thilak, Thalaivasal Vijay, Charmila, TSR Srinivasan, Kumki Aswin, Dr Amar Ramachandran and Prathibha Prathap fill out the cast.

The music crew carries weight for a debut. Sreejith Edavana composes the four songs and the background score, and the singers include Hesham Abdul Wahab, who scored Arjun Das’s Once More, and Vineeth Srinivasan, with Anila Rajeev. Navin Kannan, Bhim Ji, Naveen Maarar and Renjith wrote the lyrics. Prasanth Pranavam shot the film across Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram, Aiyappan Nair M S edited it, Jackie Johnson is the project designer and Deepu Chandran handles VFX.

Aura Tale Studios produces. Post-production is under way, and the team is aiming for a theatrical release in January 2027.