Kannada film actor Puneeth Rajkumar passed away on Friday after suffering a cardiac arrest. Celebrities from the south industry and Bollywood like Sonu Sood, Siddharth, Mahesh Babu, Dulquer Salman, Chiranjeevi Konidela, Raj & DK, Vivek Oberoi, Hansika Motwani, Boney Kapoor, R Madhavan and many others expressed their sorrow on social media. Amitabh Bachchan, too, tweeted a condolence message and penned a note on his blog.

Sharing his feelings on Twitter, Amitabh Bachchan wrote, "a day of remorse and prayer .. two close to the family passed away today .. it is too dark .."