Chiranjeevi, Mahesh Babu, Prithviraj And Other Celebs Mourn Kannada Star

New Delhi:

Kannada star Puneeth Rajkumar’s death on Friday left the film fraternity “shocked” and “devastated” – the actor died at a Bengaluru hospital after suffering a heart attack. He was 46. Since his death, social media has been deluged by tributes and condolence tweets, mourning Puneeth Rajkumar, from the likes of Chiranjeevi, Mahesh Babu, Prithviraj Sukumaran, Tamannaah Bhatia, Dulquer Salmaan, among others. In his tweet, Chiranjeevi described Puneeth Rajkumar’s death as a “huge loss” to the film fraternity: “Shocking, devastating and heartbreaking! Puneeth Rajkumar gone too soon. Rest in Peace! My deepest sympathies and tearful condolences to the family. A huge loss to the Kannada / Indian film fraternity as a whole. Strength to all to cope with this tragic loss!”

Shocking ,devastating & heartbreaking! #PuneethRajkumar gone too soon. 💔
Rest in Peace! My deepest sympathies and tearful condolences to the family. A huge loss to the Kannada / Indian film fraternity as a whole.Strength to all to cope with this tragic loss!

— Chiranjeevi Konidela (@KChiruTweets) October 29, 2021

Mourning Puneeth Rajkumar, Mahesh Babu tweeted: “Shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic news of Puneeth Rajkumar’s demise. One of the most humble people I’ve met and interacted with. Heartfelt condolences to his family and loved ones.”

Shocked and deeply saddened by the tragic news of Puneeth Rajkumar’s demise. One of the most humble people I’ve met and interacted with. Heartfelt condolences to his family and loved ones 🙏

— Mahesh Babu (@urstrulyMahesh) October 29, 2021

An emotional tweet from Prithviraj Sukumaran read: “This hurts so much! Rest in peace superstar! May the family, friends and the millions of fans have the strength to tide through this sorrow!”

This hurts so much! Rest in peace superstar! May the family, friends and the millions of fans have the strength to tide through this sorrow! #PuneethRajkumar 🙏 pic.twitter.com/45EltouKWw

— Prithviraj Sukumaran (@PrithviOfficial) October 29, 2021

In his tribute, Dulquer Salmaan described Puneeth Rajkumar as “One of the kindest and warmest actors/gentlemen,” and added: “Praying to the almighty to give Puneeth Sir’s family, friends and his ocean of fans the strength to cope with this irreplaceable loss.”

💔💔💔 One of the kindest and warmest Actors/gentlemen. Praying to the almighty to give Puneeth Sirs family, friends and his ocean of fans the strength to cope with this irreplaceable loss. #RIP#PuneethRajKumar#Gentleman#actor#loss#cannotunderstand#soyoungpic.twitter.com/U8RyOJdFMu

— dulquer salmaan (@dulQuer) October 29, 2021

Actresses Tamannaah Bhatia, Parvathy, Pooja Hegde, Hansika Motwani and Lakshmi Manchu mourned Puneeth Rajkumar in heart-wrenching tweets. “Shocked, saddened and in loss of words,” Tamannaah’s tweet summed up the general emotion on social media. “I just can’t process this!” added Hansika Motwani.

Shocked, saddened and in loss of words. 💔#PuneethRajkumarpic.twitter.com/I6thuUN8K1

— Tamannaah Bhatia (@tamannaahspeaks) October 29, 2021

It aches beyond words could ever express. Puneeth 💔 #PuneethRajkumarpic.twitter.com/t3sSeOh52W

— Parvathy Thiruvothu (@parvatweets) October 29, 2021

OMG!!!!!!!! Nooooooo. This can’t be true! How can this be? My deepest condolences to the family. May your soul rest in eternal peace. Gone too soon 💔 #PuneethRajkumar

— Lakshmi Manchu (@LakshmiManchu) October 29, 2021

Cannot believe what I’m hearing 😔 Life is so unpredictable. Such a big loss for Indian Cinema. Sending out loads of love and light to his family and loved ones in these difficult times. R.I.P Puneeth Rajkumar. 💔😞

— Pooja Hegde (@hegdepooja) October 29, 2021

I just can’t process this!! Such a passionate ,warm and humble human being !! this is so tragic . Deepest condolence to his family .may his soul rest in peace 💔 #PuneethRajkumar

— Hansika (@ihansika) October 29, 2021

Star couple Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza tweeted: “Deeply saddened and shocked to learn about Puneeth Rajkumar’s untimely demise.”

Deeply saddened and shocked to learn about Sh #PuneethRajkumar‘s untimely demise. Heartfelt condolences to the family. This is a huge loss, may god give them strength to brave this turbulent time. Rest In Peace 🙏🏽 https://t.co/D9tj7a9am3

— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) October 29, 2021

Actor-turned-politician Khushbu Sundar paid tribute to Puneeth Rajkumar with a photo of the late Kannada star as her profile picture on Twitter.

When someone as wonderful as you leaves us completely heartbroken and shattered. #Appu#RIP#PuneethRajkumar#NewProfilePicpic.twitter.com/UzduncKrh8

— KhushbuSundar (@khushsundar) October 29, 2021

Actor Prakash Raj, along with filmmakers Raj and DK and Boney Kapoor, remembered Puneeth Rajkumar in the fondest of words: “Gone too soon my dear Appu,” read Prakash Raj’s tweet.

Ahh Noooo .. Gone too soon my dear Appu. I’m shattered .. Heart broken .. not fair #BlackFriday#PuneethRajkumar

— Prakash Raj (@prakashraaj) October 29, 2021

Heartbreaking!!!#PuneethRajkumar 🙏 pic.twitter.com/WcZQBEtqwC

— Raj & DK (@rajndk) October 29, 2021

Deeply shocked to know of the sudden demise of @PuneethRajkumar A powerful actor who won the hearts of people with his incredible body of work. Condolences to the family #RIP#Gonetoosoon#PuneethRajkumarpic.twitter.com/YuP08U2t8E

— Boney Kapoor (@BoneyKapoor) October 29, 2021

Tweets of condolence, mourning Puneeth Rajkumar, also arrived from the likes of Varun Tej, Arya, Tovino Thomas, Ram Pothineni, Gautham Karthik, Manobala, among others. “Shell shocked,” read an excerpt from Varun Tej’s tweet. Actor Siddharth added: “I cannot process this.”

Shell shocked!
My deepest condolences to Puneeth rajkumar sir’s family and fans..
So unfortunate.
Om Shanti!🙏🏽 pic.twitter.com/QAhss18QYG

— Varun Tej Konidela 🥊 (@IAmVarunTej) October 29, 2021

I cannot process this. Cannot believe you’ve left us Puneeth. Kind, gifted, fearless…so much to give to the world. This is not fair brother. Heartbroken.

— Siddharth (@Actor_Siddharth) October 29, 2021

This is so heart breaking.. RIP #PuneethRajkumarpic.twitter.com/Wh6QNRXT4B

— Arya (@arya_offl) October 29, 2021

Gone too soon brother 😞
Rest in peace! #PuneethRajkumarpic.twitter.com/ZSwOoUcWYZ

— Tovino Thomas (@ttovino) October 29, 2021

One of the most humble and down to earth actors I’ve come across..Rest in Peace brother. #PuneethRajkumar

— RAm POthineni (@ramsayz) October 29, 2021

So hard to believe that #PuneethRajkumar sir is no more!
Loosing such a talented actor is a hard hit for Indian Cinema.
My heartfelt condolences to his family.
May he R.I.P. pic.twitter.com/l9J12weDcO

— Gautham Karthik (@Gautham_Karthik) October 29, 2021

OMG ! Kannada super hero #PuneethRajkumar passed away today. #RIPPunneethRajkumar Due to Heart attack. pic.twitter.com/Au3ttRvkHb

— Manobala (@manobalam) October 29, 2021

On Friday morning, Puneeth Rajkumar had been taken to Vikram Hospital in an “unresponsive” condition after he suffered a cardiac arrest; in the afternoon, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai tweeted: “I am deeply shocked that Kannada celebrity Shri Puneeth Rajkumar died of a heart attack. The death of Kannadigar’s favourite actor, Appu, has caused enormous loss to Kannada and Karnataka and I pray that God will have mercy on his soul and give his fans the power to endure this pain.”

Puneeth Rajkumar, 46, was the son of veteran actor Rajkumar. He is survived by wife Ashwini Revanth and has two children.