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Thereafter Goutam’s genius as an actor was proved in the performance of ‘Borda Borda’ , a short story by famous Indian writer Munsi Premchand .
Being well equipped both in Indian classical song and dance , Goutam is most successful in formulating a different style of acting of his own that has been influencing the Bengali stage even today.  With this versatility and brilliance of his acting skill Goutam has explored a completely new vistas of performing art where poems and songs get an unique and most enliving  way of theatrical expression and it becomes evident in his amazing presentation of ‘Kabye Gaane’ ( an enactment of poems and songs including Rabindranath Tagore ).

Goutam’s mastery of the genre as an actor and director is once again proven in the production of ‘Thakurmar Jhuli’ , based on a Bengali fairy tale where he has delved deep into the roots of Bengali folk culture and its strains to revive the very essence of tradition in modernity in a most entertaining way.
Goutam’s portrayal of the Shakespeare’s hero ‘Othello’ (in Bengali translation) is an instance how profundity in passion and brevity in expression can rich the pinnacle of tragic cataclysm.
Again Goutam’s proficiency in creating absurdity on stage with the magical effect is reflected in the play ‘Haoai’ ( Bengali translation of The Eleventh Planet by Evald Flisar).
Goutam’s other notable production includes ‘Matir Gari Mrichchhakatika’ , the classical Sanskrit play by Shudrak in Bengali translation , where all the elements of century old Indian performing art – songs , music , acting and aromosity converge into a crescendo of classical theatrical art.

Besides being an actor and a director Goutam Halder is a name revered as a mentor and tutor of dramatics and his relentless endeavor in conducting  regular theatre workshops, trainings for the upcoming theater artists is a blessing   to the posterity of Bengali theatre.

Goutam’s another achievement lies in the theatrical experiment with ‘Moimonsingha Geetika’ , a folk ballad of Mymensingh , Bangladesh , in which he makes a brilliant unison of music and dance form of traditional Bengal with  the tint of modernity enough. This sort of theatrical extravaganza undoubtedly  becomes  an inspirational part of modern Bengali theater performance.