Goutam Halder (1956 – 3 November 2023) was an Indian theatre actor and director from Kolkata.[1][2][3] He had a graduate degree from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary (V.C.) College, Rahara.[4][5]
Goutam Halder | |
|---|---|
| গৌতম হালদার | |
| Born | 1956 Calcutta, India |
| Died | 3 November 2023 (aged 67) |
| Alma mater | Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Organization | Naye Natua |
| Spouse | |
Life and career edit
Goutam Halder was a member of the theatre group Nandikar and performed in plays like Sesh Sakkhatkar, Football, Pheriwalar Mrityu, Meghnadbadh Kabyo and Borda. Among many of his successful undertakings, Sojon Badyiar Ghaat must be named. Meghnad badh kabya is a completely different genre of theater where Goutam Halder's solo performance was based on music, poetry, movements and dance. Then he started another group, Naye Natua, and staged Meghnadbadh Kabyo, Borda Borda (A story by Munshi Premchand), Jaal (written by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay), Thakurmar Jhuli, Haoai, Othello and Moimonsingha Geetika. He acted in the title role of the play Sakharam produced by Prachyo.[6]
Death edit
Halder died of a heart attack on 3 November 2023 at the age of 67.[7]
Filmography edit
He also acted in Bengali movies directed by Bengali directors like Anjan Dutta, Raja Sen, Nitish Roy.
- Maya Mridanga (2016) by Raja Sen
- Tadanto (2016) by Nitish Roy
References edit
- ^ "Spirit of love and family bonding". The Telegraph (Kolkata). 28 January 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 1 March 2012.
- ^ "Solo storytelling". The Telegraph (Kolkata). 23 July 2005. Archived from the original on 24 September 2006. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "A mirror to Munshi". The Telegraph (Kolkata). 8 October 2005. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ "TADANTO". www.tadanto.com. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ "Theatre doyens Debshankar, Goutam Halder & Kaushik Sen come together - The Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
- ^ kaahon (7 May 2017). "Sakharam: A challenge to the hypocrisy of 'bonds of marriage'". www.kaahon.com. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Bengali filmmaker, theatre personality Goutam Halder dies at 67". The Indian Express. 4 November 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.