Veteran actor Shriram Lagoo cremated with full state honours

Veteran actor Dr Shriram Lagoo was cremated with full state honours at the Vaikunth crematorium here on Friday. Several prominent personalities from diverse fields, including theatre, films and politics, and thousands of others gathered at the cremation ground to pay their last respects to the actor. Lagoo's son Anand lit the funeral pyre. The 92-year-old theatre stalwart died at his Pune residence on Tuesday evening after suffering a cardiac arrest. Before being cremated, the mortal remains of Dr Lagoo were kept at Balgandharv Auditorium here, where a number of people turned up to pay homage. Actor Nana Patekar, MNS chief Raj Thackeray, Pune MP Girish Bapat, state minister Subhash Desai were some of them.