Kannada
star
Puneeth
Rajkumar,
who
died
in
October
last
year,
will
be
seen
in
the
role
of
a
soldier
in
his
swansong
James.
The
late
actor's
elder
brother
Shiva
Rajkumar
on
Wednesday
unveiled
the
first
look
of
the
film
on
the
occasion
of
India's
73rd
Republic
Day.
Taking
to
Twitter,
Shiva
Rajkumar
shared
the
poster
of
Puneeth’s
movie
James
and
wrote,
"Appu
as
James..
Happy
Republic
Day
to
all."
Puneeth
Rajkumar,
who
was
popularly
known
as
'Powerstar'
for
his
strong
performance
in
a
number
of
commercially-successful
Kannada
films,
passed
away
at
the
age
of
46
after
suffering
a
cardiac
arrest
in
October
2021.
James
is
written
and
directed
by
Chethan
Kumar.
The
movie
also
stars
Anu
Prabhakar,
Srikanth,
R
Sarathkumar,
Tilak
Shekar,
and
Mukesh
Rishi,
among
others.
According
to
media
reports,
the
film
is
set
to
release
on
March
17,
coinciding
with
Puneeth
Rajkumar's
birth
anniversary.
The
Kannada
star's
last
big-screen
release
was
action-thriller
Yuvarathnaa
in
April
2021.
Meanwhile,
streaming
service
Prime
Video
recently
announced
that
they
would
release
three
of
Puneeth’s
home
production
films
--
Man
of
the
Match,
One
Cut
Two
Cut
and
Family
Pack
--
directly
on
their
platform.