star: Mamta Chandrakar

Born	3 December 1958 (age 60) Durg, Madhya Pradesh, India (now in Chhattisgarh, India)
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Mokshada Chandrakar
Occupation	Asst. Director All India RadioAkashvani in Raipur, Playback Singer, Chhattisgarhi Folk Singer
Years active	1968–present
Spouse(s)	Prem Chandrakar
Children	Purvi Chandrakar
Parent(s)	Dau Mahasingh Chandrakar (father) Gayabai Chandrakar (mother)
Relatives	Dr. B.L.Chandrakar (Brother) Pramila Chandrakar (Sister)
Honours	Chhattisgarh Vibhuti Alankaran (2018) Padma Shri (2016) D.El.Ed Degree (2014) from Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya Chhattisgarh Ratna (2013) Dau Dular Singh Mandraji Honours (2012)

Mamta Chandrakar (born 3 December 1958) is a Padma Shri Awarded folk singer of Chhattisgarh. She is referred to as the Nightingale of Chhattisgarh.

She is a Padmshree Awardee in 2016 for her work, she has bagged several other state-level awards. Her husband Prem Chandrakar is a producer in Chhollywood.

Mamta Chandrakar was born in the year 1958 to Mr. Dau Maha Singh Chandrakar who himself had deep knowledge of folk music.The time when Bollywood music was influencing the local folk music, he started a company called “Sonha-Bihan” in 1974.

Sonha-Bihan was aimed to keep the soul of folk music alive in people’s heart and mind with this thought Sonha-Bihan performed in front of forty to fifty thousand people in March 1974.

Late Dau Maha Singh dedicated his whole life to promote the folk music. Mamta Chandrakar took her early lessons from her father himself. She then enrolled in Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya for further studies in music.

In 1986, she got married to Prem Chandrakar, a director and producer of Chhattisgarhi Cinema. The couple had a daughter in 1988.

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