But the record was next year broken by "KGF: Chapter 1". The blockbuster film became the highest-grossing Kannada-language film of all time. The biggest hit of career came in 2017 when Puneeth headlined "Raajakumara".
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He found further fame with the 2012 action movie "Anna Bond" and Jayanth C. Puneeth hit a dry spell during the period 2006 -2009 but returned with a bang with back-to-back hits like "Prithvi", actioner "Jackie", "Hudugaru" and "Yaare Koogadali". His notable films included "Abhi", "Veera Kannadiga", "Mourya", "Chakravyuha", "Doddmane Hudga", "Akash", "Arasu", "Milana', 'Jackie', "Raajakumara" and "Anjani Putra". He was rushed to the hospital following the cardiac arrest but he could not be saved.Īs a leading man, Puneeth made his entry into Kannada film industry with the 2002 feature "Appu", the movie that brought him enormous success and fan following, so much so that his followers started calling him Appu. After completing two hours of work-out, he developed severe chest pain. On Friday also, he went to the gym, according to doctors. He was also praised for his performance in "Vasantha Geeta" and "Bhagyavantha".īut it was "Bettada Hoovu", where he played the role of a young boy Ramu who assists a researcher to find a rare flower, that won Puneeth a national award as the best child actor.Ī fitness enthusiast, Puneeth was a good badminton player and was a regular at the gym. Puneeth, the fifth and the youngest child of the superstar, made his mark early in life with an extraordinary performance in "Bhakta Prahalada" where he worked with his father.
The actor grew up under the tutelage of the late Dr Rajkumar, the legendary Kannada personality icon, beginning his career as a child artist. He was not just a star of films such as “Appu” but also a celebrity television host and the occasional singer too. The talented, affable actor, who leaves behind his wife and two daughters, was popularly known as 'Powerstar' for his strong performance in a number of commercially-successful Kannada films. Puneeth was only 46 when he died after a massive heart attack following a two-hour workout in the gym, stunning his legions of fans, colleagues and political leaders left wondering just how a young man so seemingly fit and healthy could have gone so soon, so suddenly.
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