<p>Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, who recently underwent a surgery to restore normal blood flow to his brain, on Wednesday paid moving tributes to Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar who died on October 29 after suffering a massive heart attack.</p>.<p>Rajinikanth underwent surgery on the day Puneeth Rajkumar (46) passed away in Bengaluru. In a post on Hoote, a voice-based social media platform co-founded by his daughter Soundarya, Rajinikanth said he was informed of Puneeth’s death only two days after he breathed his last.</p>.<p>Calling Puneeth as a “child who grew up in front of me”, Rajinikanth said the late Kannada actor was a “talented and lovable child.”</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/there-will-never-be-another-puneeth-telugu-star-sidharth-1048689.html" target="_blank">There will never be another Puneeth: Sidharth</a></strong></p>.<p>“I am doing fine after the surgery I was inconsolable and felt very bad after hearing the news. He was a child who grew in front of me. He was a talented and lovable child. He left all of us at the height of his extremely successful career. His loss is irreparable for the Kannada film industry, and I have no words to console his family. Let Puneeth rest in peace,” Rajinikanth said.</p>.<p>Rajinikanth underwent a procedure known as Carotid Artery Revascularization that restores normal blood flow to the brain at a private hospital on October 29 following an episode of giddiness.</p>.<p>Carotid endarterectomy is a surgical procedure to removes plaque from the inside of carotid artery to restore normal blood flow to the brain.</p>.<p>The actor, who underwent a renal transplant in the US in 2016, had cited “ill-health” and the Covid-19 situation for his pulling out of an earlier announcement to take the political plunge. In December 2020, while shooting for <em>Annaatthe</em> in Hyderabad, Rajinikanth spent three days at the Apollo Hospitals in the Telangana capital following fluctuation in his blood pressure.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>Tamil superstar Rajinikanth, who recently underwent a surgery to restore normal blood flow to his brain, on Wednesday paid moving tributes to Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar who died on October 29 after suffering a massive heart attack.</p>.<p>Rajinikanth underwent surgery on the day Puneeth Rajkumar (46) passed away in Bengaluru. In a post on Hoote, a voice-based social media platform co-founded by his daughter Soundarya, Rajinikanth said he was informed of Puneeth’s death only two days after he breathed his last.</p>.<p>Calling Puneeth as a “child who grew up in front of me”, Rajinikanth said the late Kannada actor was a “talented and lovable child.”</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/there-will-never-be-another-puneeth-telugu-star-sidharth-1048689.html" target="_blank">There will never be another Puneeth: Sidharth</a></strong></p>.<p>“I am doing fine after the surgery I was inconsolable and felt very bad after hearing the news. He was a child who grew in front of me. He was a talented and lovable child. He left all of us at the height of his extremely successful career. His loss is irreparable for the Kannada film industry, and I have no words to console his family. Let Puneeth rest in peace,” Rajinikanth said.</p>.<p>Rajinikanth underwent a procedure known as Carotid Artery Revascularization that restores normal blood flow to the brain at a private hospital on October 29 following an episode of giddiness.</p>.<p>Carotid endarterectomy is a surgical procedure to removes plaque from the inside of carotid artery to restore normal blood flow to the brain.</p>.<p>The actor, who underwent a renal transplant in the US in 2016, had cited “ill-health” and the Covid-19 situation for his pulling out of an earlier announcement to take the political plunge. In December 2020, while shooting for <em>Annaatthe</em> in Hyderabad, Rajinikanth spent three days at the Apollo Hospitals in the Telangana capital following fluctuation in his blood pressure.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
