Shyam Benegal Last Rites: Filmmaker Shyam Benegal, famous for his films in Indian cinema in the 1970s and 1980s, was cremated with full state honors in Mumbai on Tuesday and he was given a three-gun salute. Benegal, famous for films like ‘Ankur’, ‘Mandi’, ‘Nishant’ and ‘Junoon’, died in a hospital here on Monday. He was suffering from serious kidney disease. The filmmaker celebrated his 90th birthday on 14 December. His last rites took place at Shivaji Park crematorium in Dadar at around 3 o’clock in the day. Benegal’s wife Neera…
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