Mamata Shankar is a celebrated performer in India, be it the field of acting or dance, she is probably the unmatched personality from Bengal who has created a different style of choreography and also acting all over the nation. Mamata Shankar is the sister of Ananda Shankar and the daughter of internationally famous danseuse Uday and Amala Shankar. She is also the niece of Pandit Ravi Shankar. Mamata Shankar has attained boundless fame and popularity in the domains of acting, dancing and choreography. Mr. Chandrodoy Ghosh is her husband.

Mamata Shankar had her basic training in dance and choreography at the Uday Shankar India Culture Centre in Calcutta under the guidance of her mother. Mamata Shankar followed the footsteps of her father and took into her blood the rare sense of choreography, which always focused on innovation. For the expanse of 29 years Mamata Shankar has choreographed several dance-dramas and short dance items on extensive contemporary themes. Some of the notable are Tagore`s "Chandalika", "Kalmrigaya" "Horikhela", "Aajker Ekalabya", "Shikar", "Amritasya Putra", "Milap", "Prakriti", "Vasantotsav", and "Mother Earth".

Mamata Shankar was honored with several awards and recognitions from dance critics residing in foreign countries. As her father taught her to be innovative in whatever, she does, Mamata Shankar tries to convey her thoughts in an easy way to the people through her dances so that audience of all age will enjoy and will also get the message. Most of her dances aim at social awareness. She teaches almost 1700 students in her dance school and manages three dancing centers in Kolkata itself. Most of the acting career of Mamata Shankar is concentrated to art films or television serials; she hardly appeared in the commercial film industry.

Mamata Shankar prefers keeping her passion for dance and acting separate. Her son Ratul Shankar is an upcoming musician and also interested in acting. The mother-son duo could be seen in Rituporno Ghosh`s Utsab. The Bengali TV serial ` Janmabhumi ` brought Mamata Shankar closer to her viewers. She is one of the fine artists of Bengal who was selected as protagonists in the films of director like Satyajit Ray and Mrinal Sen. Her astounding performance are like assets to the Bengali film industry.

Filmography of Mamata Shankar

Film	Year	Film	Year
Mrigayaa aka The Royal Hunt	1976	Shakha Proshakha aka The Branches of the Tree aka Les Branches de L`arbre	1990
Oka Oori Katha aka The Marginal Ones aka The Outsiders	1977	Agantuk aka The Stranger aka Le Visiteur	1991
Dooratwa aka Distance	1978	Sunya Theke Suru aka A Return to Zero	1993
Ek Din Pratidin aka And Quiet Rolls the Dawn aka One Day Like Another	1979	Sopan	1994
Kharij aka The Case Is Closed	1982	Utsab aka The Festival	2000
Grihajuddha aka Crossroads	1982	The Bong Connection	2006
Dakhal aka The Occupation	1982	Samudra Sakshi	2006
Ganashatru aka An Enemy of the People	1989	Ballyganj Court	2007