From 6 to 60) is a 1979 Indian Tamil-language drama film, directed by S. P. Muthuraman and written by Panchu Arunachalam, starring Rajinikanth.

The cast also included Thilak, Cho, Thengai Seenivasan, Jayalakshmi, Sangeeta, Jaya and Mallika.

The film portrays the life of Santhanam, the eldest son of a poor widow who struggles to make ends meet.

Suddenly, one day, when his eldest son is just six years old, he dies in a road accident after getting heavily drunk.

Santhanam and a co-worker fall in love, but she breaks off when she learns of his numerous debts and continuing responsibilities towards his siblings.

Later his sister ill treats him during his visit to their home mocking at his cheap gift to her new born baby.

Santhanam's situation gets worse with his friend Cho losing his job and his boss falling ill.

Santhanam's new boss ask him to repay the money he owed to his father or else resign his job.

Santhanam gets a job as a proof reader, his wife earns some money doing some sewing and they have another child.

The movie ends with Santhanam dying in a chair looking at his wife's photo and thinking about the opportunistic behaviour of his siblings and the meaninglessness of life.

[3] While making the film, Rajinikanth had misgivings whether the audience would accept him in such a melodrama since he had been an entertainer till then.

He concluded calling it a good film which takes us back to the time of 1940s (only in terms of concept).