Puneeth Rajkumar

17 Mar, 1975 | Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Actor/Singer/Producer

Biography

Puneeth Rajkumar is the youngest son of legendary Kannada cinema stars Dr. Rajkumar and Smt. Parvatamma. He has acted in 12 films as a child artist. He has also won the National Award for best child actor for the film "Bettada Hoovu." He once again entered the Kannada film industry as a hero in the movie Appu. He is married to Ashwini Revanath, and they have two children. The older one is called Drithi, and the younger one is called Vanditha. Puneeth's performance as a young kid in Bettada Hoovu , Bhagyavanta, Vasantha Geetha, Chalisuva Modagalu, and Yeradu Nakshatragalu was much appreciated. He has also won the "National Award" as a child actor for Bettada Hoovu. Puneeth is said to be the highest-paid Kannada actor, earning approximately Rs. 2.07 crores per film. Puneeth is the only actor so far who has managed to give 10-plus consecutive hit movies that ran successfully for 100+ days. Puneet had given a small role to Susheel Sukhraj as an actor (a waiter who is a Shahrukh Khan fan and is quite a funny character) in his small serial called " Nanna Ninna Naduve " on Doordarshan in 1997. He also gave a small role to Susheel Sukhraj in Hrudaya Hrudaya as his brother Shivrajkumar's friend. Puneeth's movie Milana was a blockbuster hit & ran successfully for one year in most multiplexes in Bengaluru. Apart from this, Puneeth also starred in "Vamshi," which again was a major box office hit. Puneeth Rajkumar was working out in the gym on October 29th when he suffered a mild heart attack. He was very soon admitted to Vikram Hospital, but he passed away at the age of 46.