Puneeth Rajkumar to be awarded Karnataka Ratna posthumously
Recently, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has announced the posthumous Karnataka Ratna Award to late Kannada actor power star Puneeth Rajkumar. This award will be given to Puneeth on November 1, 2022 i.e. at the function of Kannada Rajyotsava. Puneet Rajkumar passed away on October 29 last year following a heart attack. His last film 'James' was released on March 17 this year, which got a great opening at the box office.
Puneet is the 10th person to be honored with the state's highest award. Earlier, Doctor Virendra Hegde was given for social service 13 years ago i.e. in 2009. In the year 1992, his father Dr Rajkumar has also been honored with this honor, along with him the poet Kuvempu was also honored. Rajkumar is among the first to be honored with the Karnataka Ratna Award.