Pretham

Pretham (transl. Ghost) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam comedy horror drama film, written, co-produced, and directed by Ranjith Sankar. The film stars Jayasurya, Govind Padmasoorya, Sharaf U Dheen, Aju Varghese, Shruthi Ramachandran, Pearle Maaney, Dharmajan Bolgatty and Hareesh Peradi in prominent roles. It is co-produced by Sankar and Jayasurya. The film was a commercial success and in 2018 a sequel, Pretham 2, was released. It was remade in Telugu under the title Raju Gari Gadhi 2. This was the third collaboration of Sankar and Jayasurya after Punyalan Agarbattis and Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam. Principal photography began in Cherai, Ernakulam, on 24 May 2016. The film was released on 12 August 2016. A sequel titled Pretham 2 was released in 2018.