Actor Sivakarthikeyan visited Bengaluru to pay last respects to late actor Puneeth Rajkumar. He went to Puneeth's residence and offered condolences to his family. Sivakarthikeyan said, "When I was 16, my father passed away. The emotion I felt looking at my mother...is what I felt when I saw [his] wife." He added, "Puneeth sir will protect his family...from heaven."