Background
Ratul Shankar is the great-grandson of Shyam Shankar Chowdhury, grandson of Uday Shankar, grand nephew of Ravi Shankar, son of Mamata Shankar and nephew of singers Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones.
Ratul Shankar is the great-grandson of Shyam Shankar Chowdhury, grandson of Uday Shankar, grand nephew of Ravi Shankar, son of Mamata Shankar and nephew of singers Anoushka Shankar and Norah Jones.
Born in the Shankar family on July 30, 1979. Ratul was exposed to the various forms of performing arts at a very young age. Trained under Sri. He has also been a feature of various other World Music projects.
A Major in Mass Communication and Videography from Saint Xavier"s College, Kolkata, Shankar made his debut in acting with Rituporno Ghosh in the National Award winning film Utsab in 2000.
Tejendra Narayan Majumdar, Pint Bickram Ghosh, Pete Lockett, Tilmann Dienhart, Niladri Kumar, Carl Peters, Ranajit Sengupta, Wolfgang Netzer, Soweto Kinch, Jesse Bannister, Attab Hadad and many more.
Shankar has been touring extensively with various projects the world over. His main interest lies in collaborating with musicians from all over and believes in the Cultural Exchange that takes place fluently.
Ratul has acted in Anuranan and Rituparno Ghosh"s Utsab.