Sheetal Jain, Amitabh Bachchan's longtime secretary and producer, passes away at 77

Veteran Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan's long-time secretary and producer of 'Bade Miyan and Chote Miyan', Sheetal Jain passed away in the wee hours of Saturday morning. The veteran was 77 years old and had been working with the Bachchan family closely for over 36 years now. 

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The funeral will be held at 5 PM on Saturday at the Pawan Hans Crematorium. 

His sad demise has come as a shock to many in the Bollywood film fraternity who took to Twitter to pay their tributes. "Saddened to know about the demise of producer Shri #SheetalJain ji. Knew him for a long time as Mr. @SrBachchan‘s secretary. He was a very dignified and an extremely polite gentleman. May God give his family the strength to deal with this loss.", wrote Anupam Kher. 

Film analyst Atul Mohan also took to social media and paid his respects to the veteran. "#SheetalJain Ji long time business manager of Amitabh Bachchan passed away couple of hours back. The final rites will be held at 5 pm, Vile Parle crematorium. May his soul rest in eternal peace", he wrote. 

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