Bengaluru: Late Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar, fondly called as ‘Appu’, who passed away on Oct. 29, 2021, will be conferred the prestigious ‘Karnataka Ratna’ award posthumously on Nov. 1, marking Kannada Rajyotsava.
Announcing this after chairing a meeting attended by Dr. Rajkumar’s family members here on Thursday, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said that the award will be bestowed on the late actor at a public event to take place on the steps of Vidhana Soudha at 4 pm on Nov. 1.






