INDIAN DIRECTOR DIES

Indian movie director ANJAN CHOWDHURY has died at the age of 63, just a week after undergoing a heart bypass operation. The Bengali filmmaker lost his short battle with illness at a private hospital in Kolkata, eastern India on Wednesday (21FEB07). Chowdhury is famous for films including SHATRU, GURUDAKSHINA and MEJO BOU. He is survived by a wife and two daughters.