The simplicity from Dr Rajakumar family members are often heard and seen. On Wednesday evening power star Puneeth Rajakumar holding the No.1 position admitted that he was a fan of ‘Master Manjunath’ during the days of ‘Malgudi Days’ of director Shanker Nag.

I, Manjunath and Rohit were of the same age in films and television. I liked Master Manjunath most because of his acting and the aesthetic sense the television serial carried by Shanker Nag said Puneeth Rajakumar.

The reason behind Puneeth Rajakumar to go back to the days of childhood is because of the International Children Film Festival inauguration at Jnanajyothi Auditorium.

The national best child actor for Bettada Hoovu power star Puneeth Rajakumar today intends to watch more children films. I went to three film festivals of children in the past. I like the animation, Korean, Iran films. I take my children also for such films he pointed.

We could think on animation serials what we find on Bheem, Hanuman, Shiva, Ganesha etc. we have kings like Mayura, Sri Krishnadevaraya in the history. They are right subjects felt Puneeth Rajakumar.

At the 8th International children film festival inauguration Puneeth Rajakumar was felicitated with a shawl, trophy, garland by Bangalore City Mayor Venkatesha Murthy and Festival director NR Nanjunde Gowda in the presence of bigwigs of Kannada cinema industry Dr B Saroja Devi, S V Rajendra Singh Babu, Umesh Banakar, Kannada and culture secretary Basavaraju and others.