Mamata Shankar

Mamata Shankar

  • Birthday: 07. January 1976
  • Birthplace: Kolkata, West Bengal, India
  • Awards: 1992 - National Film Awards Special Jury Award: Agantuk

Biography

Mamata Shankar (Bengali: মমতা শঙ্কর Mômota Shônkôr; born 7 January 1955) is an actress in the Bengali language film industry of India. She has acted in films by directors including Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Rituparno Ghosh, Buddhadev Dasgupta and Gautam Ghosh. In addition to being an actress, she is a dancer and choreographer.

She is the daughter of legendary dancers Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar, and the niece of Pandit Ravi Shankar. Her son is Ratul Shankar.

Born in 1955 to Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar, her brother was a renowned Indo-Western fusion musician Ananda Shankar.

She received her training in dance and choreography at the Uday Shankar India Culture Centre, Calcutta under Amala Shankar.