Sunday was another blow to Kannada cinema industry as actor Rajesh of Jungle Jackie and Love is Poison died after a fall from his third floor house in Srirampuram Mysore.

He was rushed to hospital but the iron rods piercing his stomach and head could not save his life. The jungle boy from tribal community shot into fame from ‘Halli Haida Pyateg Banda’ reality show. He with Aishwarya won the reality show competition.

The win has in fact positioned him to his debacle in life. He fell ill mentally when he was shooting for ‘Jungle Jackie’ and after recouping he saw the release of the film. Rajesha a humble boy and innocent to the core picked for ‘Love is Poison’ in which Poonam Pandey the sexy siren took part in an item song. The shooting of this was almost finished.

Jungle Jackie Rajesh was fond of power star Puneeth Rajkumar, who had released the audio cassette of Jungle Jackie, felt that a young and talented life has been snuffed fast.