Puneeth Rajkumar won the National Film Award for Best Child Artist for his performance as Ramu in Bettada Hoovu
Appu also won Karnataka State Award Best Child artist for Chalisuva Modagalu and Eradu Nakshatragalu
The govt of Karnataka also announced State's highest civilian award Karnataka Ratna for Puneeth, posthumously, in November 2021
Puneeth Rajkumar was the first Indian actor whose first six movies completed 100 days run in theaters
Puneeth's compensation for singing for other than his home productions goes to charity
Puneeth Rajkumar a star who lives forever