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the final scene from the 1985
Kannada movie “Bettada Hoovu”
(Mountain Flower). Here is the young
Puneeth Rajkumar who starred as
Ramu, sitting out front of his humble
hut while his mother and siblings
sleep inside. He silently sheds a tear
at the thought of forgoing his dreams
of buying a book as he instead uses
his hard earned money to buy a
blanket for his family to save them
from the cold winter nights.
Puneeth Rajkumar or as people fondly
called him ‘Appu’ passed away on 29th October 2021,
aged 46. May his soul rest in peace.








