&#39;To me, it was challenging to play the role of an IAS (Indian Administrative Service) officer... I am a huge fan of him. I was too impressed by one of Aamir&#39;s films and that is what inspired me to take up a film like &#39;Prithvi&#39;,&#39; the 37-year-old said in an interview to CNN-IBN for their show Southern Stars. <img alt="Aamir Khan" src="http://images.mid-day.com/2012/sep/Aamir.jpg" style="width: 500px; height: 513px; " /> In the 2010 release, Puneeth was seen as an honest IAS Officer whose main aim is to eradicate the ongoing corruption in the district and stick to his principles a la Aamir&#39;s role in 1999 hit movie &#39;Sarfarosh&#39;.u00a0Puneeth worked as a child artist and appeared in almost 12 films, but when he grew older he decided to try other things before wearing greasepaint.u00a0 &#39;I wanted to do try out different things. I tried my hands at granite and construction business. After that I came into my family business of distributing and also worked as a manager of couple of films. &#39;I did not want to get into acting again. But, it was perhaps impossible to be doctor Rajkumar&#39;s son and not enter the film world. In 2001, Puri Jagannath was directing a film... My father said why not try it. That movie was titled &#39;Appu&#39;,&#39; he said. The actor now has the unenviable task of guarding the Rajkumar legacy and taking it forward. Remembering his late father, he said: &#39;Nobody in Karnataka can ever be compared to Rajkumar. He is the best and will always remain so.&#39;u00a0The interview will be aired Saturday on the channel and the repeat telecast will be Sunday.

Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar, youngest son of late actor Rajkumar, is a huge fan of Aamir Khan and says the Bollywood star inspired him to accept the lead role in 'Prithvi'

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