Several celebrities, including Yash, Jr NTR, Rana Daggubati and Nandamuri Balakrishna, paid their last respects to Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar. His mortal remains, wrapped in tricolour, have been kept at the Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru. Prabhudeva, who also came to pay tribute, told ANI, "It is a very sad day. I have no words to explain this loss."