Venus Records and Tapes owner Champak Jain passes away

Mumbai : Film producer and owner of Venus Records and Tapes Champak Jain passed away on October 31 after suffering from brain hemorrhage.

He is known for producing hit movies like 1994 blockbuster ‘Main Khiladi Tu Anari’ starring Saif Ali Khan and Akshay Kumar, and Josh, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

His last rites will be performed on November 1 in Mumbai at 11am.

Sonu Sood, Sanjay Nirupam, Gurpreet Kaur Chaddha, Kunal Kohli and others took to Twitter to share their condolences.

Sonu Sood wrote, “Really sad to know about the sudden demise of Champak Jain ji. He was such a noble soul. Had such fond memories of him. My condolences to the entire Venus family, Rattan Jain ji, Ganesh Jain ji RIP Champak sir.”

Sanjay Nirupam wrote, “Deeply saddened to hear about the untimely death of Champak Jain. He was a dear friend of mine. I have a lot of fond memories of his. He was a gem of a person. My heartfelt condolences to his family members and the whole Venus group. #ChampakJain.”