Renowned Bengali filmmaker and theatre character Goutam Halder died of cardiac arrest in Kolkata on Friday. He became sixty seven. Halder died at a personal sanatorium, wherein he became admitted after complaining of chest pain at his Salt Lake residence in the morning, sources in the Bengali film industry said.

He had directed around 80 level performs, including Rabindranath Tagore's Rakta Karabi recently. Halder had made his first Bengali film Bhalo Theko in 2003, with actor Vidya Balan in the lead role. He also directed Nirvana with Rakhi Gulzar in the lead role in 2019.

Expressing grief over his demise, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated in a assertion, "Saddened through the death of outstanding movie director and theatre character Goutam Halder. His dying is a first rate loss to the arena of tradition. Condolences to his family contributors and admirers."Family pal and actor Chaiti Ghosal, who became forged in Halder's Rakta Karabi, wrote on social media, "Famous theatre personality and movie director Gautam Halder is no greater. My deepest respect to you. He become my mentor within the global of theatre." She wrote on Instagram with a few pix with him, “RAKTOKOROBI R BISHU PAGOL FOREVER. Bhalo theko…I am so thankful to have completed innumerable RAKTOKOROBI SHOWS AS NANDINI under your route.”

Halder had also made a documentary, Strings for Freedom, on Sarod maestro Ustad Amjad Ali Khan in 1999.