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Sharma at Will To Live Music launch
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Background information | |
Birth name | Mamta Sharma |
Born | 7 September 1980 |
Origin | Gwalior,Madhya Pradesh, |
Genres | Filmi |
Occupation(s) | Singer |
Instruments | Vocals |
Years active | 2000 – present |
Mamta Sharma is an Indian playback singer. She is known for the song Munni Badnaam Hui from Dabangg. The song was a chartbuster and fetched her several awards and nominations, including a Filmfare award for Best Playback Singer (Female). She is said to be the queen of item songs.
Sharma was born in Birla Nagar, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh. She completed her studies from Saint Paul's School Morar Gwalior. In school, she actively performed on stage. Later she also performed at various family events (marriage receptions, parties) with her band.
Before singing for Bollywood,Bengali, she lent her voice to many Bhojpuri albums She was spotted by music director Lalit Pandit who got her first break in super hit movie, Dabangg, with the item song, Munni Badnaam Hui. She started singing in other Indian languages as well. She also has sung the super hit song Kevvu Keka in the Telugu remake of Dabangg, Gabbar Singh. She also made special appearance in Dabangg 2.