Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan and many others paid their last respect to Shashi Kapoor

Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan and many others paid their last respect to Shashi Kapoor on Monday at his funeral.

Bollywood witnessed an end of an era, with the sad demise of one of the country’s most handsome and celebrated actors Shashi Kapoor , who breathed his last at Kokilaben Ambani Hospital at 79 due to prolonged illness.

Shashi Kapoor, the romantic screen icon of the ’70s breathed his last at 5:30 pm at a hospital in Mumbai after battling a prolonged ailment. He was 79.

The last rites of the veteran actor were held at Santacruz Hindu crematorium on Tuesday noon.

A number of eminent Bollywood celebrities, such as Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Saif Ali Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Lara Dutta, Naseeruddin Shah accompanied by his wife Ratna Pathak Shah, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, Salim Khan along with Kapoor family members – Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor (Shashi Kapoor’s sons), Rishi Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor were spotted arriving to pay their last respects.