Nowadays, we live in a time when words like great filmmaker, pioneer etc are loosely used whenever someone passes away. They lose their gravitas and credibility. So I won’t say it’s the end of an era with Shyam Babu passing away. I expect the young filmmakers of today to continue the tradition that Shyam babu had started.

Veteran screenwriter Javed Akhtar attended the funeral of the late cinema legend Shyam Benegal in the Dadar area of Mumbai on Tuesday.

Renowned Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal, a titan of Indian cinema, passed away yesterday, leaving behind an indelible legacy that transformed the landscape of filmmaking in the country. Known as the pioneer of Indian parallel cinema,

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