'Very tough to digest', says Prabhu Deva as he pays last respects to late actor Puneeth Rajkumar

Choreographer and director Prabhu Deva on Saturday paid last respects to late actor Puneeth Rajkumar at Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bangalore. Son of legendary actor Rajkumar, Puneeth left for his heavenly abode on the age of 46 following a cardiac arrest. He was admitted to Vikram Hospital in Bengaluru, after experiencing chest ache, the place he breathed his last. His mortal stays had been shifted to Sree Kanteerava Stadium for public viewing, the place numerous followers gathered to get one last view of their favorite actor. 

A heavy police pressure has additionally been deployed on the stadium to management the group. Choreographer and director Prabhu Deva additionally reached the stadium to pay his last respects to the 'Appu' actor. Speaking to the media, the 48-year-old star expressed grief over the premature demise of his late good friend. "It is a very sad day. I have no words to explain this loss, I am blank right now."

Prabhu Deva advised that his mother and father had been additionally shut to the late actor and even they're unable to digest this unhappy information. The mortal stays of the Kannada star had been shifted to Bangalore's Sree Kanteerava Stadium on Friday night for public viewing, prior to his last rites which might be achieved with state honours, quickly after his daughter arrives from the US. Bangalore Commissioner of Police, Kamal Pant on the stadium, on Saturday mentioned that on foundation of the choice taken by Puneeth's household, the subsequent stage of safety preparations might be made. Junior NTR pays homage to Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar in Bengaluru

His household will take a name on when the ultimate rites might be carried out. Probably, the last rites might be achieved immediately itself. The demise of Puneeth took the whole nation by shock and several other common actors from Bollywood and South movie business together with Dhanush, Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR, Ram Charan, Abhishek Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, amongst others, have expressed their condolences. 

Apart from that, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and different famous politicians together with Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai, Rahul Gandhi, Prakash Javdekar and Nirmala Sitharaman additionally mourned his demise. Son of matinee idol Rajkumar, who was additionally lovingly referred to as 'Appu' and 'Power Star' by his followers, Puneeth was related to the silver display screen since he was a toddler. 

The 46-year-old actor has been the lead star in 29 movies since his 2002 performing debut in 'Appu', along with his last launch being 'Yuvarathnaa', which got here out in April earlier this yr. His different notable performances embody, 'Raam', 'Hudugaru', and 'Anjani Putra'.

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(ANI)