Puneeth Rajkumar, the prominent Kannada actor, who was hospitalised at Bengaluru’s Vikram Hospital, passes away after suffering cardiac arrest on Friday. He was 46.
He was in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). A group of doctors was constantly monitoring him and treating him. Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai was present at the hospital to check on the actor. Sources also state that Puneeth’s elder brother and actor Shivarajkumar and Yash were there at the premises.
The news was confirmed by Sathish, the personal manager of Puneeth and other sources related to the actor.
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The demise of Puneeth has taken the entire South Indian film industry by shock as the actor was very recently seen promoting Shivarajkumar’s ‘Bajrangi 2’. The actor had even tweeted wishing the film luck today morning.
Rajkumar and film producer Parvathamma Rajkumar. Puneeth starred in over 29 Kannada films. He had appeared as a lead actor in a number of commercially successful films including Appu (2002), Abhi (2003), Veera Kannadiga (2004), Mourya (2004), Aakash (2005), Ajay (2006), Arasu (2007), Milana (2007), Vamshi (2008), Raam (2009), Jackie (2010), Hudugaru (2011), Raajakumara (2017), and Anjani Putra (2017).
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