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.