The first was Jacob Varghese’s political thriller Prithvi, in which he played a bureaucrat in Ballari district who fights corruption. For his performance, he received his first Filmfare Best Actor award. In 2007, in his production Arasu, directed by Mahesh Babu, Puneeth played an expatriate businessman who renounces his wealth for the woman he loves. He also sang the song ‘Taliban Alla Alla’ for the film. He played a college boy in the box office success and critics praised his dancing skills. In April 2002, Puneeth made his film debut as a leading man in the masala film, Appu with actress, Rakshita also making her film debut. Read: Puneeth Rajkumar Death LIVE Updates: Kannada Film Star Passes Away After Suffering Cardiac Arrest When Puneeth Rajkumar Took Time Off From Shoot to Click Photo With Fan Mob in Kolkata In his early teens, he appeared in Shiva Mecchida Kannappa (1988) as the young Kannappa with his elder brother, Shiva. He got the National Film Award for his acting in Bettada Hoovu in 1985. After that, for the next 13 years, he acted as a child artist in over two dozen movies. Puneeth started as a child artist in his father’s movie Premada Kanike in 1976. An affable person, Puneeth had commanded a big market charging crores for each movie. Rajkumar died in 2006 and his film producer wife Parvathamma died a few years ago. Among them, the eldest, Shivaraj Kumar, and the youngest, Puneeth Rajkumar, are superstars with a huge fan following across Karnataka. Thespian Rajkumar’s family is known as the first family of Kannada cinema. He was given an emergency treatment in the ICU and the doctors declared him dead after sometime. He suffered a heart attack in the gym and was rushed to a private hospital immediately. Puneeth Rajkumar, the youngest in the family and a superstar in Kannada cinema, died aged 46. Tragedy has struck Kannada film world and cinema icon Rajkumar family a week before Diwali.
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