Well-known filmmaker MM Baig has passed away. Apart from being a famous filmmaker, MM Baig was also the father of the popular child artiste of the 80s, Baby Guddu. At the age of 70, MM Baig used to live alone in his house in Mumbai. When the neighbors did not see him coming out of the house for 4-5 days, the police were informed. After which the filmmaker was found dead in his own house.

Neighbors informed
This sad news has been informed to news agency PTI by Baig’s publicist Hanif Zaveri. Zaveri told that, ‘He was ill for a long time. When he did not come out of the house for four-five days, the neighbors complained to the police about the foul smell coming from his house. When the police opened the door, they found Baig Saheb’s body. After this his daughter was informed about this. Between 1.30 and 2 o’clock the body was taken to Cooper Hospital for post-mortem. He was a very sweet person. I pray for the peace of his soul.

MM Baig’s films
As an independent director, MM Baig had made films named ‘Razia Sultan’ in 1983, ‘Agreement’ in 1980 and ‘Chhoti Bahu’ in 1994. Apart from this, he worked as an assistant with many famous producers and directors in the initial phase of his career. These films include films like ‘Aadmi Toy Hai’, ‘Jaisi Karni Vaisi Bharni’, ‘Karz Chukna’, ‘Kishan Kanhaiya’.

Baby Guddu’s father was
MM Baig Saheb was a famous film maker of the 80s, but his daughter Baby Guddu was even more popular than him. Babi Guddu was seen in almost every film of the 80s. Baby Guddu has been seen in films like ‘Aakhir Kyun’, ‘Nagina’, ‘Pyar Kiya Hai Pyar Karenge’ with big stars like Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Smita Patil, Rajesh Khanna.

Veteran filmmaker MM Baig has passed away. He was 70 years old. Earlier this week he was found dead in his home. This news was given by his publicist Honey Javeri.

Honey Zaveri told PTI, ‘He was unwell for a long time. When he did not come out of the house for four-five days, the neighbors complained to the police about the foul smell coming from the house. When the police opened the door, Baig Saheb’s body was found. The police gave this information to his daughter. Later the body was taken to Cooper Hospital for post-mortem late at night. He was a very good person. I pray for the peace of his soul.

Let us tell you that MM Baig started his career as an assistant to J Om Prakash, Vimal Kumar and Rakesh Roshan. He was also associated with Govinda’s films like ‘Aadmi Toyon Hai’, ‘Jaisi Karni Vaisi Bharni’, ‘Karz Chukna Hai’ and Anil Kapoor starrer ‘Kala Bazaar’ and ‘Kishan Kanhaiya’.

Directed these films

As a director, he directed two films, including ‘Masoom Gawah’ (1990) starring Naseeruddin Shah and ‘Chhoti Bahu’ (1994) starring Shilpa Shirodkar.

Hrithik Roshan was given practices

Zaveri said, “Baig Sahab had very good relations with Rakesh Roshan Sahab. He had a good understanding of pronunciation, voice control and dialogue. That’s why he used to help Hrithik Roshan. He used to make Hrithik practice speaking dialogues. This was long before his first film “Kaho Na Pyaar Hai” came out.

Baig’s daughter Shahinda Baig, popularly known as Baby Guddu, was one of the popular child actors of Hindi cinema in the 1980s. His famous films include Rajesh Khanna and Smita Patil’s ‘Aakhir Kyun?’, Sridevi starrer ‘Nagina’, Anil Kapoor’s ‘Pyar Kiya Hai Pyar Karenge’ and Jeetendra and Sridevi’s ‘Aulad’.