
In 1980, Puneeth starred in Dorai-Bhagavan directed romantic drama film “Vasantha Geetha” in which he played the character of Shyam. Sampath, Thoogudeepa Srinivas, Papamma, and Baby Madhavi. Somashekar cast him in his thriller film “Premada Kanike.” Next, at the age of one, he became part of a Kannada-language musical film, “Sanaadi Appanna.” The film is based on Krishnamoorthy Puranikthe’s novel Kuniyitu Hejje Naliyithu Gejje, featuring Puneeth, Jaya Prada, Ashok, Balakrishna, R. Puneeth Rajkumar made his first on-screen appearance when he was just six months old.

Puneeth Rajkumar with his wife and daughters Career Acting (Child Artist) There are times when she tells me that I have overacted in a particular scene and that my dance or a fight sequence is not up to the mark.” He then asked me to tell my mother and soon things began falling in place.” It was the first time I stood before my father and told him I wanted to marry this girl I loved.

I had never spoken to them so freely and openly about such matters. I still remember how nervous I was to broach the subject of my marriage with Ashwini to my parents. Puneeth, while talking about his marriage to Ashwini, Puneeth said, They are parents to two daughters Drithi (elder) and Vanditha (younger). The couple dated each other for more than one year before getting married. Puneeth Rajkumar got married to Ashwini Revanath, a Kannada film producer, on 1 December 1999.

His sisters Lakshmi and Poornima do not belong to the entertainment industry. Both his brothers Shiva Rajkumar and Raghavendra Rajkumar, are actors. He had two elder brothers and two elder sisters. Puneeth Rajkumar was the youngest of five children in the family. Puneeth Rajkumar with his parents and elder brothers
