Dr.
Rajkumar"s
three
sons
divided
the
responsibilities
between
themselves
on
their
father"s
birthday,
on
Saturday.
The
awards
were
announced
by
Shivaraj
Kumar
while
Raghavendra
Rajkumar
announced
the
Dr.
Rajkumar
Trust
eye
donation
camps
after
the
invocation
song
Halladaru
Haaku…
and
Puneet
Rajkumar
released
the
cover
page
of
the
book
'Dr.
Rajkumar
–
person
behind
personalities".
Dr.
Rajkumar's
82nd
birthday
was
celebrated
as
'Dr.
Rajkumar
Jayanthi" by
the
Karnataka
government,
was
chosen
to
start
the
'Rajkumar
Souhardha
Prashasti".
Three
veterans
from
the
film
industry
were
chosen
by
the
family
members
of
Dr.
Rajkumar
to
present
the
'Rajakumar
Souhardha
Prashasti"
to.
Yesteryear
actress
Shanthamma,
director
SK
Bhagwan
and
veteran
actor
Shivaram
were
honored
with
the
maiden
awards
at
Hotel
Ashok
in
a
touching
style.
All
the
three
remembering
Dr.
Rajkumar
collected
tears
in
their
eyes.
According
to
Shivaraj
Kumar,
the
Dr.
Rajkumar
Souhardha
Award
consists
of
Rs.1
lakh
cash,
a
citation,
garland,
shawl
and
certificate.
The
awards,
which
started
from
this
year,
will
be
given
to
contemporaries
of
Dr.
Rajkumar.
Raghavendra
Rajkumar
spoke
on
behalf
of
the
Rajkumar
Trust
and
revealed
that
the
Eye
operations
are
held
for
children
and
elderly
people
in
Anekal,
Kolar,
Tumkur,
Hoskote,
Gubbi
and
Shankarapuram.
He
revealed
that
the
last
wish
of
Dr.
Rajkumar
was
'Nethra
Dhana
Maha
Dhana"
and
that
the
Rajkumar
Trust
has
taken
up
various
eye
related
camps
and
operations
under
this
slogan.
Dr.
Rajkumar"s
third
son
Puneet
Rajkumar,
who
is
reigning
Kannada
cinema,
gave
a
brief
introduction
to
the
book
'Dr.
Rajkumar
–
the
person
behind
personalities"
and
also
screened
some
of
the
pages
of
the
book
that
will
be
released
either
in
September
or
November
this
year.
He
revealed
that
he
had
the
idea
of
releasing
a
book
on
his
father
back
when
the
legendary
actor
was
alive
and
now
after
six
years,
the
dream
had
materialized
into
reality.
The
book
will
be
in
English
so
as
to
reach
people
universally.