Mamta Sharma is an Indian playback singer. She is known for the song "

Munni Badnaam Hui "Munni Badnaam Hui" () is a song from the 2010 Bollywood film ''Dabangg'' featuring Malaika Arora Khan along with Sonu Sood and Salman Khan. The song is sung by Mamta Sharma and Aishwarya Nigam, with music by Lalit Pandit. Mamta Sharma won t ...

" from ''

Dabangg ''Dabangg'' () is a 2010 Indian Hindi-language action comedy film directed by Abhinav Singh Kashyap and produced by Malaika Arora Khan and Arbaaz Khan under Arbaaz Khan Productions with Dhilin Mehta under Shree Ashtavinayak Cine Vision. Kha ...

'' and "Tinku Jiya" from ''

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''. The song was a chartbuster and fetched her several awards and nominations, including a Filmfare award for Best Playback Singer (Female).

Early life

Sharma was born in Birla Nagar,

Gwalior Gwalior() is a major city in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh; it lies in northern part of Madhya Pradesh and is one of the Counter-magnet cities. Located south of Delhi, the capital city of India, from Agra and from Bhopal, the s ...

, 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.

Career

Before singing for Bollywood, Bengali, she lent her voice to many Bhojpuri albums"Mamta Sharma Songs"
Retrieved 6 August 2015. She was spotted by music director

Lalit Pandit Lalit may refer to: * Lalit party, a left political party in Mauritius * Lalit (raga), a raga in Indian classical music * Lalit Suri, an Indian politician * Lalit Surajmal Kanodia, an Indian business entrepreneur See also * Jatin–Lalit Jat ...

who got her first break in super hit movie, Dabangg, with the item song, ''Munni Badnaam Hui''. She also has sung the super hit song ''Kevvu Keka'' in the Telugu remake of ''Dabangg'', Gabbar Singh. She later gave hit songs like 'Fevicol Se' & 'Tooh'.

Discography

Accolades

;Wins * 17th Annual

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, 2011 –

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Best New Talent in Music"Karbonn Mobiles Best New Talent in Music"
Retrieved 20 January 2011. Best Playback Singer (Female)"And the Award Goes to...: Best Playback Singer (Female)"
Retrieved 20 January 2011. * 6th Apsara Film Producers Guild Awards, 2011 – Best Playback Singer (Female)"Apsara Awards 2011"
. Retrieved 20 January 2011. * 56th Filmfare Awards, 2011 – Best Playback Singer (Female) * 12th

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, Toronto, 2011 – Best Playback singer (Female) *

Mirchi Music Awards ''Mirchi Music Awards'' are presented annually by ''Radio Mirchi'' to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film music industry of India. The awards, given in seventeen different categories, were in ...

, 2010 – Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year *

, 2010 – Female Vocalist of The Year * Apsara Film & producers Guild Awards 2013– for most popular film song on Radio by 93.5 Red FM For "FEVICOL SE" from the Film "Dabangg 2". ;Nominations * 1st BIG Star Entertainment Awards, 2010 – Best Playback Singer (Female)"BIG STAR Entertainment Awards 2010"
Retrieved 20 January 2011. *

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, 2011 – Best Playback Singer (Female)"Zee Cine Awards 2011"
. Retrieved 20 January 2011. *

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, 2011 – New Music Sensation (Female) *

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, 2013 – Best Female Playback Singer for "Kevvu Keka" from '' Gabbar Singh'' *

, 2013 – Best Female Playback Singer for "123 Mike Testing" from ''

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