Puneeth Rajkumar dies: Great blow to Indian cinema; Virender Sehwag

Popular Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar aka Appu succumbed to a heart attack on Friday, October 29, 2021. He complained of chest pain and was rushed to Vikram Hospital in Bengaluru this morning.

Soon after the unfortunate news broke, his celeb friends and fans thronged the social media to extend condolences to his family. He was 46.

Virender Sehwag wrote, saddened to hear about the passing away of #PuneethRajkumar. Warm, and humble, his passing away is a great blow to Indian cinema. May his soul attain sadgati. Om Shanti.

Extremely sad to know of the passing away of our dear #PuneethRajkumar . My heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and fans. I request his fans to maintain calm and pray for his Sadgati in this excruciating time for the family. Om Shanti 

Sonu Sood, who has worked fairly well in South movies mourned Rajkumar’s sudden death. Filmmaker Ashoke Pandit, cricketer Venkatesh Prasad, Manoj Manchu among others were saddened by this news and expressed grief.

Earlier in the day, Dr Ranganath Nayak of Vikram Hospital, Bengaluru told media: Actor Puneeth Rajkumar(in pic)was admitted after suffering chest pain at 11.30 am. Trying our best to treat him. His condition is serious. Can’t say anything as of now. His condition was bad when brought to hospital, treatment on in ICU.

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