When it comes to
naming popular item singers of contemporary India, the name of Mamta Sharma
instantly come to the fore. She is widely regarded as the queen of item song
who has the capability to spell bound song lovers instantly. She got national
recognition with ‘Munni Badnam Hui’ of Salman Khan Starrer Dabangg.
After Dabangg,
there is no looking back for Mamta. She is having bundle of offers from
Bollywood and other film industries of India. Apart from that, her demand for
stage shows across India is only burgeoning. That is the power of melodious
voice which can make anyone to stand and dance.
Profile of Mamta Sharma
Mamta Sharma was
born in Birla Nagar (Gwalior), Madhya Pradesh on 7th September, 1980.
She belongs to a conservative Brahman (upper caste Hindu) family. She did
schooling from St. Paul School, Morar. She started to take keen interest in
songs and music from her school days. In fact, at the point of completing her
schooling, she had become quite popular in the Gwalior region. There were lots
of offers for her to perform on stage. She started to concentrate only on music
and formed a band and started to accept offers for stage show. During this
time, she got an offer to give voice in Bhojpuri films. She accepted the offer
and shifted to Mumbai for recording.
In one stage
show in Mumbai, music director Lalit Pandit (of Jatin Lalit duo) spotted her.
Lalit was trying to find a fresh and powerful voice for ‘Munni Badnam Hui’. He
instantly decided to give Mamta an opportunity. When he went to see Mamta and
asked her for audition, she got a huge positive shock. She went for audition
and attracted attention of everyone. In fact, Lalit Pandit recorded the song
just after the audition without wasting any time. That song became national hit
and that’s how the queen of item song was born. Since then, Mamta Sharma is
creating lots of waves not only in Hindi and Bhojpuri, but also many other
Southern language songs.
Some of other
popular hits of Mamta Sharma include ‘Tinku Jiya’ (Yamla Pagla Deewana) and ‘Aa
Re Pritam Pyaare’ (Rowdy Rathore). You can notice husky voice in all these
songs which is unique to her.
Husband of Mamta Sharma
Mamta Sharma is
married and living in Mumbai with her husband. The name of her husband is
Ashraf Ali. This was obviously a love marriage where a Brahmin girl was
marrying a Muslim guy. Because of this marriage, her family broke all
relationship with her.
In 2005, Mamta
Sharma became a paying guest in a house owned by none other than Ashraf Ali.
Ashraf was a struggling lyricist, but quite rich with good connections in music
industry. He helped Mamta in organizing many successful stage shows. They
started to date one year later and in 2011 got married.
It should be
noted that Ashraf had written another famous item song ‘Fevicol Se’ from
Dabangg 2. He has also written many songs and getting many projects in the
Bollywood.
Needless to say,
Mamta is no more a Hindu. She has converted to Islam after marriage. That was said
to be the pre-condition of marriage put forth of Ashraf Ali family. It was
however denied by Mamta who said that Ashraf never forced her for conversion
and she did this on her own will.
She didn’t
change her name after becoming a Muslim. This name has given her fame and
people recognize her as Mamta Sharma.
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