# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dr-puneeth-rajkumar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:27:35.903Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dr-puneeth-rajkumar"
name: "Dr. Puneeth Rajkumar"
slug: "dr-puneeth-rajkumar"
description: "Puneeth Rajkumar, affectionately known as Appu, was an Indian actor, playback singer, film producer, television presenter and philanthropist who worked in Kannada cinema. He was the youngest son of legendary actor and matinee idol Dr. Rajkumar. He was one of the most popular actors in Kannada cinema. He appeared as a lead in 32 films. As a child, he appeared in many films. His performances as a child actor in Vasantha Geetha (1980), Bhagyavantha (1981), Chalisuva Modagalu (1982), Eradu Nakshatragalu (1983), Bhakta Prahaladha (1983), Yarivanu (1984) and Bettada Hoovu (1985) were praised. He won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for his role of Ramu in Bettada Hoovu. He also won Karnataka State Award Best Child artist for Chalisuva Modagalu and Eradu Nakshatragalu. Puneeth's first lead role was in 2002's Appu. In a career spanning three decades, he has won one National Film Award, four Karnataka State Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards South and five SIIMA awards. He was conferred with the Doctorate by Mysuru University. The Karnataka Government conferred the state's highest civilian award, Karnataka Ratna, to Puneeth Rajkumar on 1 November 2022, posthumously."
tagline: "Kannada actor (1975–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Puneeth_Rajkumar_(3).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1975-03-17"
deathDate: "2021-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump