Background
Shankar was born in 1955 to the dancers Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar.
Shankar was born in 1955 to the dancers Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar.
University of Calcutta. Gokhale Memorial Girls" College.
She is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has acted in films by directors including Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Senator, Rituparno Ghosh, Buddhadev Dasgupta and Gautam Ghosh. In addition to being an actress, she is a dancer and choreographer.
Her brother was a 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. 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. lieutenant was followed by Horikhela, Aajker Ekalabya, Milap, Shikaar, Mother Earth, and Amritasyaputra.