Bengali actress Mamata Shankar speaks about Mrinal Sen

Mamata Shankar speaks about director Mrinal Sen. She says " I used to call him Mrinal Da. That was the first time I saw him and he also saw me for the first time and he asked me that are you interested in films? At that time I never really thought of acting in films, so I said I wouldn't mind but my parents you know they wanted me to finish my school first. And it was in 1975 I was free in college, one Mirnal Da rang me up, he wanted to talk to my brother and he asked me that what are you doing nowadays so I said I am free. I finished my school. If you have anything in mind I can free to act. That time he was planning a film called Mrigayaa. He said you just come over to my place and we had a talk . We had a talk and he red out the script to me and that was a role of Santhali girl."

Mamata Shankar (born 7 January 1955) is an Indian actress. She is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has acted in films by directors including Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Rituparno Ghosh, Buddhadev Dasgupta and Gautam Ghosh. In addition to being an actress, she is a dancer and choreographer.

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.

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.[3] It was followed by Horikhela, Aajker Ekalabya, Milap, Shikaar, Mother Earth, and Amritasyaputra.

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