Bengaluru: Kannada film actor Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar, popularly known as ‘Appu’, will be conferred the prestigious ‘Karnataka Ratna’ award posthumously during the Kannada Rajyotsava celebrations in Bengaluru on Nov. 1.
Announcing this after inaugurating the popular Lalbagh Flower Show here on Friday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that a Committee will be formed to oversee the preparations for the conferment of the award.
The Committee will have members of thespian Dr. Rajkumar’s family, he said adding that late actor Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar, who passed away in October last year, will be conferred the award with all due honours.
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This year’s Independence Day Flower Show is dedicated to Dr. Rajkumar and Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar. The inaugural function was attended by Dr. Raj family members yesterday.
Is this Puneet, the guy who pedalled on an exercise bike and ran past in a treadmill, and had cardiac arrest as a result. Wonderful tech-suvvy equipment and exercise regimes copying from the land of Yankees, where the car culture have left the Yanks obese and non-functional, and India following this Yankee culture?
All kinds of Ratnas, awarded to those who foolishly indulged in excesses!
Is this Puneet, the guy who pedalled on an exercise bike and ran past in a treadmill, and had cardiac arrest as a result. Wonderful tech-suvvy equipment and exercise regimes copying from the land of Yankees, where the car culture have left the Yanks obese and non-functional, and India following this Yankee culture?
All kinds of Ratnas, awarded to those who foolishly indulged in excesses!
Sir MV lived for 100 years, never had this exercise fad, except walks and following a strict diet and no alcohol or meat. In other words, very clean living. Why can’t the government promote Sir MV’s example of living?