Mamata Shankar
Mamata Shankar ( born January 7, 1955 in Calcutta) is an Indian actress, dancer and choreographer.
Life
Born the daughter of the dancer Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar dancer, she received her training in dance and choreography at the " Uday Shankar India Culture Centre 'of their parents. She is the niece of Pandit Ravi Shankar, the sister of musician Ananda Shankar, married to Chandrodoy Ghosh and mother of two sons. Ratul Shankar, was born in 1979 and Rajit Shankar, born in 1989 Her film debut was with Mrigayaa 1976 directed by Mrinal Sen. the feature film was awarded the National Film Award for the best film of the year. In many other movies of famous Indian film directors she played supporting main and key roles, as well as in the television soap opera Titir Atithi, directed by the Bengali » Tollywood Star ," the director Jishu Dasgupta. In 1978 she founded her own dance group " Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe " and her dance school " Udayan " in 1986. Under the name ' Mamata Shankar Dance Company, "she performs with her troupe worldwide with various choreographed her own productions.
Filmography
Dance productions
- Chandalika - poems by Rabindranath Tagore
- Horikhela
- Aajker Ekalabya
- Milap
- Shikar
- Vasantotsav
- Prakriti
- Kalmrigaya & Mother Earth
- Amritasya Putra