Amala Shankar
June 27, 1919 –July 24, 2020
Dancer, Film actor, Writer
Lived 101 years
- Born in
- Jashore
- Passed away in
- Kolkata
Amala Shankar (née Nandy, 27 June 1919 – 24 July 2020) was an Indian dancer. 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) and sister-in-law of musician and composer Ravi Shankar. 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.
Awards: Banga Bibhushan
Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amala_Shankar