Puneeth Rajkumar honoured with posthumous Karnataka Ratna award

Bengaluru, Nov 16: The Karnataka government on Tuesday has decided to honour late actor Puneeth Rajkumar with the Karnataka Ratna Award posthumously.

Karnataka Ratna, the highest civilian honour of the State, is awarded to a person for his extraordinary contribution in any field.

Puneeth Rajkumar,one of the most popular stars of Kannada cinema, youngest of five children of thespian and matinee idol Dr Rajkumar, had died of a cardiac arrest on October 29 at the age of 46.

"State Government has decided to honour late Sri Puneet Rajkumar with Karnataka Ratna award posthumously": Chief Minister @BSBommai.

— CM of Karnataka (@CMofKarnataka) November 16, 2021

Puneeth, popularly known as 'Appu' and 'Powerstar', by his fans, made debut on screen when he was just six-months-old and went on to win a national award as a child artist for the film Bettada Hoovu. He then re-emerge as a lead actor in 2002 and went on to star in 29 films, delivering some big hits.

Apart from acting, he sang a lot of songs and produced movies like Kavaludaari, Maya Bazaar, and French Biriyani to encourage aspiring filmmaker.

The Power Star tried his hand at hosting by anchoring Kannadada Kotyadhipati, the Kannada version of Kaun Banega Crorepati.