Chennai, June 28 -- Tens and hundreds of people bade a tearful adieu to veteran filmmaker and King of screenplay K Bhagyaraj, whose mortal remains were consigned to flames with full state honours on Sunday.
After his son Shantanu performed the last rites at his Nungambakkam residence with police honours, the body of 73-year-old director, script writer, producer, actor and music composer, who passed away yesterday morning following a massive heart attack, was taken ina procession to Besant Nagar crematorium where it was consigned to flames with a 21 gun salute and the bugle sounding the last post.
On behalf of the state government, Ministers Anand and Rajmohan placed a wreath on the body of Bhagyaraj, whose screenplays travelled across lan...