Amala Shankar

Amala Shankar
Shankar in 2011
Born
Amala Nandy

(1919-06-27)27 June 1919
Died24 July 2020(2020-07-24) (aged 101)
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Dancer, actress
Years active1948
Spouse
(m. 1942; died 1977)
ChildrenAnanda Shankar, Mamata Shankar
ParentAkhoy Kumar Nandy (father)

Amala Shankar (née Nandy, 27 June 1919 – 24 July 2020)[1] was an Indian dancer.[2] She was the wife of dancer and choreographer Uday Shankar and mother of musician Ananda Shankar and dancer Mamata Shankar (later she became an actress) [3] and sister-in-law of musician and composer Ravi Shankar.[4][5] Amala Shankar acted in the film Kalpana written, co-produced and directed by husband Uday Shankar. She died on Friday, 24 July 2020, in West Bengal's Kolkata, India aged 101.[6]

  1. ^ Kaura, Ajīta (1976). Directory of Indian Women Today, 1976. India International Publications. p. 45.
  2. ^ "Biography of Amala Shankar". Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Amala Shankar: The Muse was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Panditji never restricted himself to his craft alone". Asian Age. 13 December 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  5. ^ "Sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar has died near his home in southern California". Reuters. 12 December 2012. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2012.
  6. ^ Singh, Shiv Sahay (24 July 2020). "Eminent danseuse Amala Shankar passes away at 101 in Kolkata". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 24 July 2020.