Pretham (transl. Ghost) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language comedy horror film written, co-produced and directed by Ranjith Sankar. Starring Jayasurya, Aju Varghese, Govind Padmasoorya , Pearle Maaney and Sharaf U Dheen in the lead roles. It is co-produced by Sankar and Jayasurya. The film was a blockbuster hit and in 2018 a sequel, Pretham 2 had been released.[3]