India, Feb. 19 -- Veteran filmmaker M M Baig, known for his work in Hindi cinema and as the father of former child artist Baby Guddu, was found dead at his residence earlier this week. The news was broken by Hani Zaveri, his publicist. He was in his 70s.

According to his publicist, Hanif Zaveri, Baig had been unwell for some time and was living alone. "He was unwell for quite some time. Since he hadn't come out of the house for 4 to 5 days, the neighbours complained to the cops about a foul smell coming from his house. "The police opened the door and found Baig sahab's dead body and informed his daughter about it. They later took his body to Cooper Hospital for a post-mortem at around 1:30-2:00 am. He was a loving man. I pray for his dep...