Celebrated filmmaker Mrinal Sen, the last of the triumvirate of directing icons, Satyajit Ray and Ritwik Ghatak, was cremated in Kolkata on Tuesday in the presence of eminent film personalities. Sen's funeral took place after the arrival of his son Kunal from Chicago on Tuesday early morning. His mortal remains were moved from Peace World mortuary to Keoratala crematorium.

The procession was a low key affair as desired by the filmmaker, his son, who addressed him as 'bondhu' (friend), said. "Bondhu (Sen) had often told me there should not be any hype surrounding his death. He had asked me to see wreaths don't pile up on his body and it is not kept in any of the state-run cultural complexes like 'Nandan' or 'Rabindra Sadan'. He had said that he hated such things," Kunal said.