Amitabh Bachchan mourns Puneeth Rajkumar's demise, calls it 'grief that cannot be put in words'

Late Puneeth Rajkumar (pic/Puneeth Rajkumar`s Instagram account); Amitabh Bachchan (pic/AFP)

Kannada film actor Puneeth Rajkumar passed away on Friday after suffering a cardiac arrest. Celebrities from the south industry and Bollywood like Sonu Sood, Siddharth, Mahesh Babu, Dulquer Salman, Chiranjeevi Konidela, Raj & DK, Vivek Oberoi, Hansika Motwani, Boney Kapoor, R Madhavan and many others expressed their sorrow on social media. Amitabh Bachchan, too, tweeted a condolence message and penned a note on his blog.

Sharing his feelings on Twitter, Amitabh Bachchan wrote, "a day of remorse and prayer .. two close to the family passed away today .. it is too dark .."

On his blog, Big B called Puneeth Rajkumar a 'star in his own right' and added, "Puneet Rajkumar, the younger son of the legendary icon of Kanada cinema, Raj Kuma, and a star in his own right, passed away today.. he was just 46 years, and this has put all of us in great shock.. the family of late RajKumar have ever been extremely close.. My prayers condolences.. (sic)"

Amitabh Bachchan also expressed sorrow and wrote about another family friend who passed away.

Puneeth Rajkumar will be put to rest near the grave of Dr Rajkumar in Bengaluru. The mortal remains of Puneeth Rajkumar are being kept for public view at Kanteerava Stadium till Saturday evening.

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