Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar decides to promote women in films to boost Appu’s dream

BENAGLURU: Ashwini Puneeth Rajkumar, wife of late actor Dr Puneeth Rajkumar is planning to realise his dreams and is continuing the work that her mother-in-law Parvathamma Rajkumar did. Puneeth was supporting Ashwini by standing with her, just as Raj supported his wife. Ashwini is starting a new venture today with the blessings of the three Gods.

Life without Appu is unfathomable, but he is forever alive in the hearts of people. But the Raj family has been facing numerous tragedies and fans wonder what will become of Ashwini and her children. Reposing her faith in God, Ashwini has taken a new step towards realising Appu’s dream and is all set to show off the power of women in this land.

Parvathamma Rajkumar was a prolific Kannada producer and thespian actor Dr Rajkumar, popularly known as Annavaru, stood in her support. She did not take a step back and gave befitting answers to those who had ignored her. She proved herself by producing movies. She also established the Shakti Dhama for women and gave a chance to many new actresses in Sandalwood, who called her Godmother.

Parvathamma used to choose heroines for Rajkumar movies. She made actresses including Jayamala, Manjula and Aarati as stars in the film industry by choosing them for Dr Raj’s films. Many actresses like Sudharani, Aasharani, and Anu Prabhakar took Parvathamma’s blessings while acting with Shivarajkumar, popular as Shivanna. Malashree acted in Raghavendra Rajkumar’s ‘Nanjundi Kalyana’ while Rakshitha and Ramya have shared the screen with Appu. Parvathamma is the one who stood as a source of strength for these actresses.

Now, Ashwini is all set to empower women in another form. She has decided to give more emphasis to women directors, storytellers, dialogue writers and actresses under the the PRK banner. She has announced that she will give first priority to women as much as possible. Just as Appu always supported his wife, Ashwini is taking it seriously and is working on it sincerely, film industry sources said.