Veteran Assamese filmmaker Sambhu Gupta(80) succumbed to Covid-19 on Sunday night.

After testing positive for COVID-19, Gupta was taken to Apollo Hospital, Guwahati on May 8. When his health started to deteriorate, he was shifted to the ICU, on May 10.

Gupta has directed popular Assamese feature films like ‘Devi’ and ‘Prem aru Prem’.

Sambhu Gupta’s son Niloy Dutta and daughter Pubali Gupta are also COVID-19 positive. While Niloy is under home isolation, Pubali is admitted in the ICU at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).

On Monday, the demise of the filmmaker was condoled by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Twitter.

A tweet by @CMOfficeAssam says, ‘Chief Minister condoles the demise of filmmaker Sambhu Gupta and pays his sympathy to the bereaved family. Gupta’s death has left the cultural space of Assam with an insurmountable void.’

বিশিষ্ট চলচ্চিত্ৰ পৰিচালক,সক্ৰিয় সাংস্কৃতিক কৰ্মী শম্ভু গুপ্তাৰ বিয়োগত মুখ্যমন্ত্ৰী @himantabiswaই গভীৰ শোক প্ৰকাশ কৰে। গুপ্তাৰ মৃত্যুত অসমৰ সাংস্কৃতিক জগতত এক অপূৰণীয় শূণ্যতাৰ সৃষ্টি হ'ল বুলি মন্তব্য কৰি তেখেতৰ শোকসন্তপ্ত পৰিয়ালবৰ্গলৈ মুখ্যমন্ত্ৰীয়ে গভীৰ সমবেদনা জ্ঞাপন কৰে।

— Chief Minister Assam (@CMOfficeAssam) May 17, 2021