When Rajinikanth was in awe of Puneeth Rajkumar

Puneeth Rajkumar made his silver display debut as an grownup with the 2002 movie Appu. Written and directed by Puri Jagannadh, the movie emerged as an enormous hit on the field workplace on the time. And a grand occasion was organized in Bengaluru to commemorate Appu’s theatrical run of 100 days.
It was a star-studded affair because it was presided over by appearing legend and Puneeth’s father Dr Rajkumar. And the chief visitor of the occasion was Superstar Rajinikanth, who predicted that Puneeth would change into a pressure to reckon with within the movie trade.

“I watched the film with Appu (Puneeth). And I realised, he was still a lion cub but he was already roaring. And it got me excited to look forward to the things he was going to accomplish in future. He stunned everyone with the opening fight and song. He was not getting applause because he was Dr Rajkumar’s son. But, that applause was for his talent,” Rajinikanth had mentioned.

“What a performance he has delivered in his very first film (as an adult). We gained that kind of maturity only after doing about 70-80 movies,” he had added.
Puneeth Rajkumar handed away on Friday at Vikram hospital in Bengaluru after struggling a coronary heart assault. He was 46.