Pretham

Ghost) is a 2016 Indian Malayalam-language 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 the prominent roles.

However, their happy beginning is thwarted by paranormal activities, and they approach John Don Bosco, an exorcist, who works as a mentalist in cruise ships and the entertainment industry.

John Don Bosco also assists the police as a human lie detector with his cold reading techniques.

Through his investigations, John reveals that the ghost is Clara, a bright and intelligent student from National Law College.

Amrita secretly films Clara's nude scenes while bathing in the same resort owned by the three hoteliers and leaks it online.

Citing it as an inspiration for the film, he said, "(I) have thought of umpteen subjects to explore the genre in movies all these years before arriving on this.

[3] Jayasurya played a Mentalist named John Don Bosco alongside Shruthi Ramachandran and Pearle Maaney.