The mortal remains of actor Murali was cremated at the Besant Nagar electric crematorium this morning. The last rites were conducted at his residence in Valasarawalkam and the funeral procession began with thousands of the star’s fans, well-wishers and relatives offering final respects.

Actors Rajinikanth, Sarath Kumar, Siva Kumar, Suriya, Arjun, Mohan, Sneha, Parthiban, Cheran, Revathy, Radhika, Nalini and a host of other film personalities paid their homage to the departed soul yesterday.

Early this morning, the Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, MK Stalin, and the Mayor of Chennai M Subramanian, Kushboo, Bala and others paid their last respects.