Hey Sexton, Ring the Long Bell) is a 2015 Indian Malayalam comedy horror film co-written and directed by John Varghese [2] and starring Dhyan Sreenivasan, Namitha Pramod,[3] Aju Varghese,Mukesh,Neeraj Madhav, Vineeth Mohan, and Bijukuttan.

[2] The movie starts with the introduction of Father Alfred Kattuvilayil who considers himself a strict warden of a college boys hostel.

Adishta Lakshmi fights with her father over her boyfriend and the next day, meets Bhanuprasad, aka Bhanu, in the canteen of his college.

But both sleep off since the alarm is a lullaby and wake up only by eight in the morning when Bhanu's friends, Bruno, Remo, and Koshi, knock on the door.

Bhanu skips college and tries to get her out, but it turns out that the escape route has been repaired and therefore, blocked by Father and Shanthappan.

When Bhanu goes to the terrace at night to check if the coast is clear, he sees a number of students, including Bruno, Koshi, and Remo, boozing.

They also plan and buy a lot of things from the market, such as fake blood and chemicals that generate smoke and mist, to scare their inmates.

Even though some supernatural events do occur, Lakshmi poses as the ghost and after Father's exorcism, successfully gets out of the hostel as per the original plan.

[9] Abhilash S Nair and John Varghese were nominated for the Best Script of a Comedy Film category at 2nd Asianet Comedy Awards 2016 [10] In December 2015, producer Vijay Babu confirmed that there would be a sequel to the film, titled Adi Kapyare Kootamani 2.

[12] The film was remade in Tamil in 2022 as Hostel, starring Ashok Selvan and Priya Bhavani Shankar in lead roles.

[13] The film was also remade in Telugu in 2023 as Jilebi and in Kannada in 2024 as Abbabba starring Likith Shetty and Amrutha Iyengar in lead roles.