Mamata Shankar

Mamata Shankar

Born: January 7, 1955
Mamata Shankar (born 7 January 1955) is an Indian actress and dancer. She is known for her work in 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.

Movies for Mamata Shankar...

Bijoyar Pore
Title: Bijoyar Pore
Character: Alakananda
Released: January 12, 2024
Type: Movie
Amid the celebratory atmosphere of Durga Puja, after an unexpected tragedy, Alokananda, strives to maintain the illusion of happiness. As Aloka confronts the self-centeredness within their relationships, a poignant journey unfolds.
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Pradhan
Title: Pradhan
Character: Mrs. Sarkar
Released: December 22, 2023
Type: Movie
Deepak Pradhan, a young police officer, gets transferred to North Bengal where his junior officers are involved in corrupt practices. When disturbing events from the past start to surface and the pressure builds, will Deepak be able to hold on to his principles to save his integrity and loved ones?
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Palan
Title: Palan
Character: Mamata Sen
Released: September 22, 2023
Type: Movie
Kaushik Ganguly will bring the story of dismissal in his new film ‘Palan’ in the context of 2022. The characters of Kharij will remain the same, the names will not change. The story will change a bit to keep pace with the context of this era.
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Shibpur
Title: Shibpur
Released: June 30, 2023
Type: Movie
A political journalist associated with a leading mews channel found an interesting story in a woman who rose from an ordinary housewife to a notorious lady mafia gang leader in the 80s Shibpur who dominated the area for long time but went missing in late 90s and was never found.
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Projapati
Title: Projapati
Released: December 22, 2022
Type: Movie
A retired 65-year widower, Gaur Chakraborty, lives with his son, Joy, a wedding planner running his own business. Joy has a very busy schedule. Gaur wishes to be married. Will he be successful?
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Bhotbhoti
Title: Bhotbhoti
Released: August 11, 2022
Type: Movie
After losing his parents at a very tender age, Bhotbhoti was raised in a ghetto close to the Ganges by his 'daadi' (grandmother) who too has passed away. Daadi was a great story-teller and Bhotbhotis favourite story was the one about mermaids and their world that exists, or rather flourishes underwater. Bhotbhoti's belief was further strenthened when he found out, not in the distant past, a story (movie) on mermaids that floats on the televison screen, called The Mermaid Princess. His most prized possession, the dvd of the film stays in his little trunk under his chowki (bed) until he takes it out every night and puts it into his battered but not run-down collected and repaired dvd player which brings to him his Ariel (the name of the mermaid in the film). The Ganges calls out to him and while his friends (group members) are sloshed, he dives into the waters to look for his mermaid queen, but she is ever-elusive.
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Antardhaan
Title: Antardhaan
Released: December 10, 2021
Type: Movie
Anirban is a professor who lives in Delhi with his wife Tanu and daughter Zinia. He is transferred to a lonely town named Kasauli. They enjoy a lot in the new city but their neighbors are mysterious. One day, their daughter Zinia goes missing during an excursion. Anirban and Tanu enquire and come to know that Zinia's friends didn't even accompany her.
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Sheser Golpo
Title: Sheser Golpo
Character: Labonyo
Released: July 18, 2019
Type: Movie
Sheser Golpo is an Indian Bengali romantic drama film directed by Jiit Chakraborty. The film stars Soumitra Chatterjee as 'Amit Ray' and Mamata Shankar as 'Labanya', in the lead roles. 
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Shah Jahan Regency
Title: Shah Jahan Regency
Character: Mrs. Sarkar
Released: January 18, 2019
Type: Movie
The story revolves around a hotel named "Shah Jahan Regency" and lives of people associated with that hotel. The hotel is one of a kind and very different from others as it strongly believes in the rich culture of India and tries to imply and maintain that in every aspect of the hotel - starting from the decor, to uniforms of the staff members, to the names given to various parts of the hotel.
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Flat No 609
Title: Flat No 609
Released: July 31, 2018
Type: Movie
A couple moves into a beautiful duplex and starts experiencing paranormal activities.
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Ahare Mon
Title: Ahare Mon
Character: Charulata Dutta
Released: June 22, 2018
Type: Movie
A heartwarming collage of inter-connected love stories, Ahare Mon is a romantic drama that revolves around people who are otherwise forbidden to fall in love.
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Maacher Jhol
Title: Maacher Jhol
Character: Maa
Released: August 18, 2017
Type: Movie
A world-renowned chef returns to his roots through a bowl of fish curry, the quintessential Bengali delicacy.
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Antarleen
Title: Antarleen
Released: November 25, 2016
Type: Movie
Kolkata police detective Aniket Sanyal (Kharaj) guess on a holiday to Kasuli in Himachal Pradesh after his wife's death, only to be sought out to solve the mystery behind the well-planned murder of another tourist.
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Jaatishwar
Title: Jaatishwar
Character: Mahamaya's Mother
Released: February 28, 2014
Type: Movie
Rohit, a Gujarati, studies the life of Anthony Firengee, and in the process meets with a mysterious man Kushawl Hajra.
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Jaani Dekha Hobe
Title: Jaani Dekha Hobe
Released: November 25, 2011
Type: Movie
A young musician and a fatso model have the same dream together, and they meet and fall in love at a bookstore. When their relationship starts to fall apart, an out-of-work magician steps in.
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Abohomaan
Title: Abohomaan
Character: Deepti
Released: December 22, 2009
Type: Movie
Abohomaan tells the story of Aniket, one of the finest filmmakers of Bengal in eastern India and the loves of his life. Devoted to his craft, Aniket met and fell in love with his wife Deepti, an actress, while they worked together on the set of a film. They were so in love that Deepti sacrificed her own career for her husband's and for their son Apratim, but lost a little of who she was in the process. The plot thickens when Aniket auditions a young actress, Shikha, who bares an uncanny resemblance to his wife when she was younger. Deepti enthusiastically begins to coach Shikha for her husband's film - so much so that Shikha becomes even more like the girl Deepti used to be and as a result the aging Aniket falls in love with Shikha, a woman as young as his son, despite the sadness and trouble it brings to his family.
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Drishti Pradip
Title: Drishti Pradip
Released: November 25, 2009
Type: Movie
It is a film of the childhood tragedic story of three siblings, wher their father lost his job and his family people killed him. The childhood life of those people was in the ancient Darjeeling during the british rule. One of the sibling was recalling the whole past and was writing about that after the independence of Inida. he then went to meet his siblings in distance places, but found them in much much more traumatising and proverty situations, but could not help them.
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Ballygunge Court
Title: Ballygunge Court
Released: July 20, 2007
Type: Movie
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The Bong Connection
Title: The Bong Connection
Released: November 26, 2006
Type: Movie
The film is based on the lives of Bengali's across the world, especially on those settled abroad. It attempts to delineate the pain and dilemma of Bengali's estranged from their places of origin. It seeks to explore sensitive souls singing to the tunes of Tagore.
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Samudra Saakshi
Title: Samudra Saakshi
Released: December 31, 2004
Type: Movie
Manosi (Mamata Shankar) devotes her life to taking care of her family. When her son (Jisshu U Sengupta) grows up he doesn't respect her, but she continues to adore him. Her life takes an unexpected turn after her husband dies.
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Warrish
Title: Warrish
Released: February 5, 2003
Type: Movie
Subhankar Sen, the teacher of St. Peter's school fell for Medha, but never admitted it before her. Neha loved him but waited for his recognition. But unfortunately that came only after he got married to Priti and decided to transfer to Kolkata.
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Hemanter Pakhi
Title: Hemanter Pakhi
Released: March 7, 2001
Type: Movie
This is a story of a Bengali housewife who takes up writing as a career after twenty three years of her marriage. She is introduced to a new world and new friends. Her work gets appreciated and this brings a new twist in her life. She starts discovering her husband and her beloved children in new light. This creates trouble in her family and she sacrifices her dream for the sake of her family.
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Utsab
Title: Utsab
Character: Parul
Released: April 1, 2000
Type: Movie
Family tension runs high when four grown siblings reunite at their elderly mother’s home. When the mother reveals that she might sell off the estate, the announcement stirs up painful memories and uncovers a long-buried secret.
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The Tree
Title: The Tree
Character: Self
Released: February 6, 1998
Type: Movie
Filmmaker Catherine Berge profiles the prolific career of East Indian actor Soumitra Chatterjee.
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Crossfire
Title: Crossfire
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
On her way home the newly wed Romita is molested by five men. The only one who has the courage to help is the young female teacher Jhinuk. Because of that she becomes a heroine and is on all papers' front page. But the page is turning: As not only the police but also neighbours begin to ask embarrassing questions the two women are eventually intimidated and the five man are getting free with the help of corruption and male domination.
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Prajapati
Title: Prajapati
Released: July 16, 1993
Type: Movie
'Prajapati' is the story of Sukhen who grows up neglected to become a rough person with a heart of gold. Shikha, Sukhen's beloved wants him to lead a normal and healthy life. His elder brothers are political leaders who work only for their personal gains. His eldest brother Keshav runs a drug business behind his medical business. His second brother Purnendu is a corrupt man who kills the young maid of their house. Sukhen attempts to stop the fatal rift growing between his brothers but is killed while doing so.
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Sunya Theke Suru
Title: Sunya Theke Suru
Released: July 15, 1993
Type: Movie
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The Stranger
Title: The Stranger
Character: Anila Bose
Released: May 7, 1991
Type: Movie
A well-off Indian family is paid an unexpected, and rather unwanted, visit by a man claiming to be the woman's long lost uncle. The initial suspicion with which they greet the man slowly dissolves as he regales them with stories of his travels, tales that are at odds with their conventional middle class perspective on the world.
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The Branches of the Tree
Title: The Branches of the Tree
Character: Tapati Majumdar
Released: November 23, 1990
Type: Movie
When a wealthy patriarch falls ill on his 70th birthday, three of his sons rush in from Calcutta, leading to a reunion filled with painful ironies and lingering disillusionment. As the family—including an addled fourth son who lives with the old man—watches and waits, the static occasion brings out simmering tensions in their family dynamics, from the father’s moral rectitude to the business ambition of two sons and the withdrawal of their siblings.
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An Enemy of the People
Title: An Enemy of the People
Character: Indrani Gupta
Released: January 19, 1990
Type: Movie
Ashoke Gupta is an idealistic doctor working in a town near Calcutta. He discovers that the water at a popular temple is the source of an outbreak of typhoid and hepatitis. In order to save lives, he risks his career to try and call attention to this polluted water source, while a local group of building contractors attempt to discredit him in various ways.
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Kharij
Title: Kharij
Character: Mamata Sen
Released: December 31, 1982
Type: Movie
A pre-teenager servant boy dies of carbon monoxide poisoning on a cold winter night. He was employed by a young working Calcutta couple with a small boy of their own. Taking money from a neighbor's friendly daughter, he slipped away to watch a movie on a cold winter night. Finding his usual sleeping corner below the stairs too cold, he bolts himself inside the kitchen, where a fire was burning. The next morning we witness a powerful discovery scene like on the morning after Macbeth's murder. The door is forced open and we see the commotion in the apartment block which is the stage of the drama. Who is responsible?
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Crossroads
Title: Crossroads
Character: Nirupama
Released: April 1, 1982
Type: Movie
A gritty political thriller set at the backdrop of the violent Naxalite movement in 70’s Calcutta.
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Dakhal
Title: Dakhal
Released: February 25, 1982
Type: Movie
The film is about a woman belonging to nomadic tribe from Andhra Pradesh, known as crow hunters, who elopes and moves to south Bengal and makes a living by occult practices. It deals with the issue of exploitation of tribal people by the deceitful landlord.
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And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
Title: And Quiet Rolls the Dawn
Character: Chinu
Released: June 5, 1979
Type: Movie
The bread-winning daughter in a middle-class family fails to return from work one evening. The saga begins with worries at home, followed by midnight searches and finally a deepening crisis arising out of economic and moral constraints prevalent in the society. Yet the film speaks of hope and of strength hidden behind despair.
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Dooratwa
Title: Dooratwa
Character: Anjali
Released: April 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Though he has managed to become a professor at an early age, a supposedly liberal young man has neglected developing his relationship skills. Even though he forms an attachment to a young woman whom he had been helping with the task of finding work and even marries her, he is appalled to learn that she is pregnant with another man's child. At the same time, his political convictions have been put to the test, and he has effectively shown that he was not as serious about them as he (and others) thought he was. Disappointed in himself and in his life, he leaves his new bride and attempts to find consolation in an affair.
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Balidan
Title: Balidan
Released: November 24, 1978
Type: Movie
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Oka Oori Katha
Title: Oka Oori Katha
Character: Nilamma
Released: April 1, 1977
Type: Movie
A father living on the fringes of a village believes that working is a fool's errand, for the lord takes what little the workers make. When a young woman enters their home, tensions begin to rise and their idle life is threatened. The film is based on the story ‘Kafan’ by Munshi Premchand
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Mrigayaa
Title: Mrigayaa
Character: Ghinua's Wife
Released: April 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A British administrator with a flair for game hunting develops a friendship with a commoner who is an expert archer in an Indian village. The movie portrays the relationship between the British colonialists, and native villagers who were exploited by Indian landlords in 1920s India. This happens against the backdrop of the awakening of the Indian people against the British rule.