Funeral of veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal: Pioneer of the parallel cinema movement in Indian cinema, veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal passed away on December 23. He was cremated on Tuesday with full state honors and a three-gun salute at the Shivaji Park crematorium in Dadar. Mumbai. Along with his family, many celebrities attended the funeral of the filmmaker. Naseeruddin Shah, Gulzar, Javed Akhtar and others shed tears as they bid farewell to Benegal.
Several videos and pictures of the filmmaker’s last rites have surfaced on social media. In the clip, Naseeruddin can be seen standing with tears in his eyes.
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Here is the video:
Naseeruddin Shah bids farewell to Shyam Ji at his last rites🥺💔#naseerudinshah #buzzzookaspotting pic.twitter.com/EoVWAP90Sz
– Buzzzooka Spotting (@Buzzz_spotting) December 24, 2024
Shreyas Talpade, Divya Dutt, Rajit Kapoor, Kulbhushan Kharband, Ila Arun, Ratna Pathak Shah, her son Vivaan Shah, Gulzar, Mehta, Hans, Rajit Kapoor, Divya Dutt, wife Neera and daughter Piya along with many other actors and colleagues of Benegal were present. , Kunal Kapoor and Anang Desai were also seen at the filmmaker’s funeral, mourning the huge loss.
See pictures and video:
Ila Arun mourns the funeral of passionate filmmaker Shyam Benegal. #ilaarun #buzzzooka_events #Shyambenegal pic.twitter.com/T5qmy2wn5F
— Buzzzooka Events (@BuzzzookaEvents) December 24, 2024
Gulzar Sahab came to express his condolences on the death of famous film producer Shyam Benegal.#starshowcase #gulzarpoetry #Gulzar pic.twitter.com/7Fr8ALSZZG
– Star Showcase (@star_showcase) December 24, 2024
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Speaking to PTI on Shyam Benegal’s last rites, Gulzar said, “He is not gone, we have left him and seen him. He brought a revolution, took that revolution to the cinema. Nobody can bring that wave, that revolution again. We will remember him for a long time. And we will talk about him for a long time.”
‘I was a changed person when I returned from the shooting of the film. I think we will miss his talks the most. He fascinates us whenever he talks. It is a big loss,” said Shreyas Talpade, who worked with Benegal on Welcome to Sajjanpur.
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