Sandalwood bides farewell to poet KS Nisar Ahmed

Renowned Kannada poet KS Nisar Ahmed passed away yesterday. He took his last breathes at his home in Bangalore. He was 84 years old. The poet was a household name in Karnataka. He was well known for his poems like Nityotsava. The poet was awarded several prestigious awards through the course of his career. Some of them include the Padma Shri Award and the Pampa Award, which is a literary award in Karanataka. Several Sandalwood actors like Puneeth Rajkumar, Sudeep, etc took to social media to pay their respects.

Here's what they said about the great poet: Ramesh Aravind: He was a force in Kannada literature. His Kurigalu sir Kurigalu, referring to the herd mentality of public, became the first title of our superhit sir comedy series. He was very cordial and warm to me whenever I met him in filmi functions. I will always remember him in suit and tie. Upendra: Senior literary figure and the creator of Nityotsava, KS Nisar Ahmed is no more. This is a big loss to the literary world.

ಕನ್ನಡದ ಹಿರಿಯ ಸಾಹಿತಿ, ನಿತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವದ ಕವಿ, ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಲೋಕದ ದಿಗ್ಗಜ, ಕನ್ನಡ ಪರ ಚಿಂತಕ, ನಾಡೋಜ ಶ್ರೀ ಕೆ ಎಸ್ ನಿಸಾರ್ ಅಹಮದ್ ರವರ ಅಗಲಿಕೆ ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪ್ರಪಂಚಕ್ಕೆ ತುಂಬಲಾರದ ನಷ್ಟ.

ಅವರ ಕುಟುಂಬವರ್ಗ, ಅಭಿಮಾನಿ ಬಳಗಕ್ಕೆ ದುಃಖ ಭರಿಸುವ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಲಭಿಸಲಿ. ಓಂ ಶಾಂತಿ...#ನಿಸಾರ್_ಅಹಮದ್ #ksnisarahamad #kannada pic.twitter.com/7Y4OVyesKI

— Upendra (@nimmaupendra) May 3, 2020

Puneeth Rajkumar: Nisar Ahmed, the man who gave us Nityotsava, is no more. His contribution to literature remains immortal.

"ನಿತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ಸಾಲುಗಳು" ನೀಡಿದ ಕನ್ನಡದ ಮಹಾನ್ ಕವಿ ಪದ್ಮಶ್ರೀ ಕೆ. ಎಸ್. ನಿಸಾರ್ ಅಹಮದ್ ಸರ್ ಇನ್ನಿಲ್ಲ! ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯಲೋಕಕ್ಕೆ ಅವರ ಕೊಡುಗೆ ಅಜರಾಮರ!

— Puneeth Rajkumar (@PuneethRajkumar) May 3, 2020

Sudeep: We Kannadigas, who learned to love our language immensely from you, are blessed. Every day will be a festival with your works

ನಿತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ತಾಯಿ ನಿತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ ನಿನಗೆ ನಿತ್ಯೋತ್ಸವ...ಕನ್ನಡ ತಾಯಿಯ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಕಲಿಸಿದ ನಿಮ್ಮನ್ನು ಪಡೆದ ನಾವು ಕನ್ನಡಿಗರು ಪುಣ್ಯವಂತರು....ನಿಮ್ಮ ಆತ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಶಾಂತಿ ಸಿಗಲಿ pic.twitter.com/jMpZJfACm0

— Kichcha Sudeepa (@KicchaSudeep) May 3, 2020

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