Petromax is a 2022 Indian Kannada-language comedy drama film written and directed by Vijaya Prasad. The film is produced by Sathish Ninasam and Vijaya Prasad under the banner Sathish Picture House. It stars Sathish Ninasam and Hariprriya alongside Karunya Ram. The story of the film revolves around the lives of four orphans and how they find love in an older woman.

Petromax
First look poster
Directed by	Vijaya Prasad
Written by	Vijaya Prasad
Produced by	Sudhir KM Rajashekar KG
Starring	Sathish Ninasam Hariprriya Karunya Ram
Cinematography	Niranjan Babu
Edited by	Suresh Aras
Music by	Anoop Seelin
Production companies	Satish Picture House Studio 18 Petromax Pictures
Distributed by	KRG Studios
Release date	15 July 2022 (2022-07-15)
Running time	132 minutes
Country	India
Language	Kannada

Synopsis

Petromax is a brand name for a type of pressurised paraffin lamp that uses a mantle. Petromax symbolises light, which is essential in the lives of four orphans around whom the plot revolves.

Cast

• Sathish Ninasam as "Oodubatti" Shivappa[1]
• Hariprriya as Meenakshi[2]
• Arun as "Agarbatti" Maadappa
• Nagabhushana as Krishnamurthy[3]
• Karunya Ram as Kavitha Krishnamurthy
• Vijayalakshmi Singh as Sudha Murthy
• Sudha Belawadi as L Shanthakumari
• Achyuth Kumar as Meenakshi's Father
• Padmaja Rao as Meenakshi's Mother
• K S Sridhar as Anathashrama Head
• Ashwin Hassan as Surendranath
• Suman Ranganath as Subbalakshmi, Cameo appearance
• Veena Sundar as Petromax, Cameo appearance
• Mohan Juneja as Rangayana Ragu, Real Estate Agen

Production

Hariprriya was cast for the film in October 2020 alongside Sathish Ninasam. It is Hariprriya's second film with director Vijaya Prasad, after Neer Dose. Principal photography began in October 2020 in Mysore.[4] The filming was 50 percent completed by the end of October 2020.[5] Filming was completed in the first week of January 2021.[6] With the release of trailer on 20 September 2021, the post production work on film was completed.[7] The film was submitted to the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) where the film received A certificate.[8]

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