Power Star Puneeth Rajkumar is one of the tope stars of Sandalwood! His upcoming movie Yaare Koogadali, directed by Samuthirakani, has created a lot of expectation among the fans! Now, it looks like Puneeth has got a new fan in Samuthirakani himself! Samuthirakani has established himself as a director and actor of repute, in the Tamil and Malayalam industries and is making his directorial debut in Kannada with this movie. Talking about his experience in Sandalwood, Samuthirakani states that it has some wonderful talent in the acting and technical departments. He further added, "I can say with a lot of confidence that Puneeth is one of the best actors, and is all set to reach greater heights in the coming days. He has style, talent, passion and commitment to reach out to a large section of the audience insisde and outside Karnataka!" Samuthirakani also confirmed that he had narrated another story to Puneeth, and the duo will be working together again! Samuthirakani was also full of praise for Yogish, who also plays an important part in Yaare Koogadali, which is all set to hit screens on December 20!