With prayers on their lips, friends and family members bid a tearful adieu to distinguished character actor A K Hangal at his funeral in Mumbai on Sunday.

His son Vijay Hangal performed last rites at the Pawan Hans crematorium in Vile Parle, Mumbai in the afternoon.

Character artists including Rakesh Bedi, Raza Murad, Avatar Gill, singer-actress Ila Arun and a few others were present at the crematorium.

Veteran character actor A.K. Hangal passed away on Sunday early morning due to brief illness aggravated by a fracture in his thigh bone at Asha Parekh Hospital in suburban Mumbai. He was 95 years old.

Hangal is survived by his 74-year-old son Vijay and his wife Manorama.