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{{Infobox person<br />
|name = Mamata Shankar<br />
|image = Mamata Shankar.jpg<br />
|caption = <br />
|native_name = মমতা শঙ্কর<br />
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|01|7|df=y}}<br />
|birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
|death_date =<br />
|death_place = <br />
|nationality =Indian <br />
|other_names = <br />
|occupation = Dancer, Choreographer, Actor<br />
|known_for = Acting, Dance, Udayan Kalakendra <br />
| spouse=Chandrodoy Ghosh <br />
|children =[[Ratul Shankar]], Rajit Shankar Ghosh<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mamata Shankar''' (born 7 January 1955) is an [[India]]n actress and dancer. She is known for her work in [[Cinema of West Bengal|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]].<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/696930891.cms Mamata Shankar enthralls Amdavadis] [[The Times of India]], 11 November 2001.</ref><br />
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==Early life and education==<br />
Shankar was born in 1955 to the dancers [[Uday Shankar]] and [[Amala Shankar]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jul 25|first=Shamayita Chakraborty / TNN /|last2=2020|last3=Ist|first3=12:49|title=Ma’s dance moves had a message: Mamata Shankar {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/mas-dance-moves-had-a-message-mamata-shankar/articleshow/77164671.cms|access-date=2021-05-31|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> She was the niece of musician Pandit [[Ravi Shankar]]. Her brother, [[Ananda Shankar]], was an Indo-Western fusion musician.<br />
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She received her training in dance and choreography at the Uday Shankar India Culture Centre, Calcutta under Amala Shankar.<ref>[http://www.mamatashankardancecompany.org/mamata_shankar_milestone.htm Milestones] Official biography.</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Shankar made her film debut with ''[[Mrigayaa]]'' in 1976, directed by [[Mrinal Sen]]. The film won the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] for the year.<br />
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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.<ref>''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''.</ref> It was followed by ''Horikhela'', ''Aajker Ekalabya'', ''[[Milap]]'', ''[[Shikar (2006 film)|Shikaar]]'', ''Mother Earth'', ''Amritasyaputra'' and ''[[Sabari]]''.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2006/20060327/cth1.htm#6 She enjoys the reputation of a classic ‘modern’ dancer] [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 27 March 2006.</ref><br />
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<ref>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.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/events2001-02/2001-02udayshankar.htm|title=SNA: Events 2001-2002::|work=sangeetnatak.gov.in|access-date=1 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104842/http://sangeetnatak.gov.in/sna/events2001-02/2001-02udayshankar.htm|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mamatashankardancecompany.org/dance_company_activities.htm|title=Mamata Shankar|work=mamatashankardancecompany.org|access-date=1 September 2015}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Mamata Shankar has two sons, [[Ratul Shankar]] and Rajeet Shankar.<br />
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==Awards==<br />
* 1992: [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)]]:''[[Agantuk]]''<br />
* 1993: [[BFJA Award]]-Best Supporting Actress Award for "Shakha Prashakha"<br />
* 2000: [[BFJA Award]]-Best Supporting Actress Award for "Utsab"<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
* ''[[Mrigayaa]]'' (''The Royal Hunt'', 1976)<br />
* ''[[Oka Oori Katha]]'' (''The Marginal Ones'' or ''The Outsiders'', (1977)<br />
* ''[[Dooratwa]]'' aka ''Distance'' (1978)<br />
* ''[[Ek Din Pratidin]]'' (''And Quiet Rolls the Dawn'' or ''One Day Like Another'' (USA), 1979)<br />
* ''[[Kharij]]'' (''The Case Is Closed'', 1982)<br />
* ''[[Grihajuddha]]'' (''Crossroads'', 1982)<br />
* ''[[Dakhal]]'' (''The Occupation'', 1982)<br />
* ''[[Ganashatru]]'' (''An Enemy of the People'', 1989)<br />
* ''[[Shakha Proshakha]]'' (''The Branches of the Tree'' or ''Les Branches de L'arbre'', 1991)<br />
* ''[[Agantuk]]'' (''The Stranger'' aka ''Le Visiteur'', 1991)<br />
* ''Sunya Theke Suru'' (''A Return to Zero'', 1993)<br />
* ''[[Prajapati (film)|Prajapati]]'' (1993)<br />
* ''[[Sopan]]'' (1994)<br />
* ''[[Dahan (1997 film)|Dahan]]'' (''Crossfire'', 1997)<br />
* ''[[Utsab]]'' (''The Festival'', 2000)<br />
* ''[[The Bong Connection]]'', (2006)<br />
* ''Samudra Sakshi'', (2006)<br />
* ''[[Ballygunge Court (film)|Ballyganj Court]]'', (2007)<br />
* ''[[Abohoman]]'' (''The Eternal'', 2010)<br />
* ''[[Jaani Dyakha Hawbe]]'' (2011)<br />
* ''[[Ranjana Ami Ar Ashbona]]'' (2011)<br />
* ''[[Jaatishwar]]'' (2014)<br />
* ''[[Agantuker Pore]]'' (2015)<br />
* ''[[Pink (2016 film)|Pink]]'' (2016)<br />
* ''[[Maacher Jhol (2017 feature film)|Maacher Jhol]]'' (2017)<br />
* ''[[Shah Jahan Regency]]''(2019)<br />
* ''[[Shesher Golpo]]'' (2019)<br />
* ''[[Antardhaan (2020 film)]] (2020)<br />
* ''[[Bhotbhoti]] (2020)<br />
*''[[Antarleen]]''<br />
*''[[Flat no 609]]''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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*{{IMDb name|0788164}}<br />
* [http://www.mamatashankardancecompany.org/ Mamta Shankar Dance Company, website]<br />
* [http://www.mamatashankarballettroupe.org/ Mamata Shankar Ballet Troupe website]<br />
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