Indian actress and dancer (born 1955)
Mamata Shankar (born 7 January 1955) is an Indian actress and dancer. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema . She has acted in films by directors including Satyajit Ray , Mrinal Sen , Rituparno Ghosh , Buddhadeb Dasgupta and Gautam Ghosh . In addition to being an actress, she is a dancer and choreographer .[ 1] Ravi Shankar . Her brother, Ananda Shankar , was an Indo-Western fusion musician.
Early life and education
Mamata Shankar was born on 7 January 1955 to the dancers Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar .
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Career
Shankar made her film debut with Mrigayaa Mrinal Sen . The film won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film for the year.
Shankar is married, and runs the Udayan - Mamta Shankar Dance Company, which was founded in 1986, and which travels extensively throughout the world, with the 'Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe'. The troupe was founded in 1978, and performed its first production, based on a Rabindranath Tagore work, Chandalika , in 1979.[ 4] Horikhela , Aajker Ekalabya , Milap , Shikaar Mother Earth , Amritasyaputra and Sabari [ 5]
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Awards
Filmography
Mrigayaa The Royal Hunt , 1976)Oka Oori Katha The Marginal Ones or The Outsiders , 1977)Dooratwa Distance (1978)Ek Din Pratidin And Quiet Rolls the Dawn or One Day Like Another (USA), 1979)Bapika Bidai (1980)Kalankini (1981)Kharij The Case Is Closed , 1982)Grihajuddha Crossroads , 1982)Dakhal The Occupation , 1982)Grihajuddha Crossroads , 1982)Nishante (1985)Neelkantho (1985)Shakha Proshakha The Branches of the Tree or Les Branches de L'arbre , 1991)Agantuk The Stranger aka Le Visiteur , 1991)Sunya Theke Suru (A Return to Zero , 1993)Prajapati Sopan Dahan Crossfire , 1997)Utsab The Festival , 2000)Waaris The Bong Connection Samudra Sakshi (2006)Ballyganj Court Drishti Pradip (2008)Abohomaan The Eternal , 2010)Jaani Dyakha Hawbe Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona Jaatishwar Agantuker Pore Pink Maacher Jhol Flat No 609 (2018)Shah Jahan Regency Shesher Golpo Antardhaan Bhotbhoti (2022)Antarleen Flat No. 609 Projapoti Shibpur Palaan (2023)Bijoyar Pore (2023)Pradhan Projapoti 2 (2025)
References
^ Chakraborty, Shamayita (25 July 2020). "Ma's dance moves had a message: Mamata Shankar | Kolkata News" . The Times of India . Retrieved 15 January 2022 . ^ She was the niece of musician Pandit Ravi Shankar . Her brother, Ananda Shankar , was an Indo-Western fusion musician.
^ Milestones Official biography.^ Dialogues in dance discourse: creating dance in Asia Pacific , by Mohd. Anis Md. Nor, World Dance Alliance, Universiti Malaya. Pusat Kebudayaan. Published by Cultural Centre, University of Malaya, 2007. ISBN 983-2085-85-3 . Page 63 .^ She enjoys the reputation of a classic ‘modern’ dancer The Tribune , 27 March 2006.^ Quoting, Jennifer Dunnings of New York Times :- "A vibrant theatrical experience. What distinguished the work was its way of telling a story so that the most jaded dance goers in the audience were lulled into rapt absorption." This was in 1983, while she reviewed; "Aajker Ekalabya"; a ballet on the theme of Guru-Disciple relationship as prevalent in the present day society.
^ "SNA: Events 2001-2002::" . sangeetnatak.gov.in . Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015 .^ "Mamata Shankar" . mamatashankardancecompany.org . Retrieved 1 September 2015 .
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Mrinal Sen and Muzaffar Ali (1978) – (1979)
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Kumar Shahani (1983) – (1984)
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Sandip Ray (1986) – (1987)
Aamir Khan (1988) Mohanlal and Anupam Kher (1989) Anoubham Kiranmala (1990)
Mamata Shankar and Raveendran (1991) Sibaprasad Sen (1992)
Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke Indradhanura Chhai (1993) Mahesh Mahadevan , Bishnu Kharghoria and S. Kumar (1994) Uttara Baokar , Rohini , and Benaf Dadachandji (1995) Dolon Roy and Bhagirathee (1996) Nagarjuna and Jomol (1997) Dasari Narayana Rao , Prakash Raj , and Manju Warrier (1998) Mohan Joshi , Manju Borah and Kavitha Lankesh (1999) – (2000)
Panoi-Jongki (2001) Jyothirmayi (2002) H. G. Dattatreya and Nedumudi Venu (2003) Gurdas Maan and Pradeep Nair (2004) – (2005)
Thilakan and Prosenjit Chatterjee (2006) – (2007)
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Padmapriya Janakiraman (2009) K. Shivaram Karanth and V. I. S. Jayabalan (2010) Mallika and Sherrey (2011) Lal , H. G. Dattatreya , Bishnu Kharghoria , Parineeti Chopra , Tannishtha Chatterjee , Hansraj Jagtap, and Thilakan (2012) Gauri Gadgil, Sanjana Rai, and Anjali Patil (2013)
Musthafa, Palomi Ghosh, and Parth Bhalerao (2014)
Rinku Rajguru , Jayasurya , and Ritika Singh (2015) Kadvi Hawa Mukti Bhawan Adil Hussain , and Sonam Kapoor (2016) Pankaj Tripathi , Parvathy , Prakruti Mishra , and Yasharaj Karhade (2017) Sruthi Hariharan , Chandrachoor Rai, Joju George , and Savithri Sreedharan (2018)
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