Multiple National Award winner Rituparno Ghosh passed away in his Kolkata residence Thursday morning.
The filmmaker suffered a massive cardiac arrest. He was 49.
Ghosh was suffering from pancreatitis, his colleague Gautam Ghosh said.
Shocked colleagues and friends gathered at the home of the much awarded filmmaker as news of the death spread.
Ghosh made 19 films and won 12 National Awards.
He began his film career with ‘Hirer Angti’ (The diamond ring) in 1994. He made ‘Unishe April’ in the same year that went on to win the National Film Award for Best Feature Film.