Pretham

Pretham
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRanjith Sankar
Written byRanjith Sankar
Produced byRanjith Sankar
Jayasurya
StarringJayasurya
Aju Varghese
Govind Padmasoorya
Shruthi Ramachandran
Sharaf U Dheen
Dharmajan Bolgatty
Hareesh Peradi
CinematographyJithu Damodar
Edited byV. Saajan
Music byAnand Madhusoodanan
Production
company
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Release date
  • 12 August 2016 (2016-08-12) (India)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryIndia
LanguageMalayalam
Box officeest. 12.45 crore[1]

Pretham (transl.Ghost) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language comedy horror drama film, written, co-produced, and directed by Ranjith Sankar. Starring Jayasurya, Aju Varghese, Govind Padmasoorya, Sharaf U Dheen, Shruthi Ramachandran, Pearle Maaney, Dharmajan Bolgatty, and Hareesh Peradi in the 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.[2]

It was remade in Telugu under the title Raju Gari Gadhi 2. It is also the third collaboration of Sankar and Jayasurya after Punyalan Agarbattis and Su.. Su... Sudhi Vathmeekam.[3] Principal photography began in Cherai, Ernakulam, on 24 May 2016.[4] The film was released on 12 August 2016.[3] A sequel titled Pretham 2 was released in 2018.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference James was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Somani, Deepa (25 May 2016), "Jayasurya ropes in Shruti Ramachandran for Pretham", The Times of India, retrieved 30 May 2016
  3. ^ a b James, Anu (4 February 2016), "Jayasurya and Ranjith Sankar announce their next horror comedy 'Pretham'", International Business Times, retrieved 30 May 2016
  4. ^ "'Pretham' begins filming", IndiaGlitz, 25 May 2016, retrieved 30 May 2016

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