Filmmaker Shyam Benegal Cremated With Full State Honours. Naseeruddin Shah, Gulzar And Others Attend Last Rites
Veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal, the pioneer of the parallel cinema movement in Indian cinema in the 1970s and 1980s, was cremated on Tuesday with full state honours and a three-gun salute here. Benegal, known for films such as Ankur, Mandi, Nishant, and Junoon, died on Monday at a hospital here due to chronic kidney disease.