Mamta Sharma is an Indian

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. She is known for the song " Munni Badnaam Hui" 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 '' Yamla Pagla Deewana''. The song was a chartbuster and fetched her several awards and nominations, including a

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award for Best Playback Singer (Female).

Early life

Sharma was born in Birla Nagar,

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, 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

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albums"Mamta Sharma Songs"
Retrieved 6 August 2015. She was spotted by music director

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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 Star Screen Awards, 2011 – Karbonn Mobiles 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

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, 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 ...

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– 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

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, 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. * Stardust Awards, 2011 – New Music Sensation (Female) * 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards, 2013 – Best Female Playback Singer for "Kevvu Keka" from '' Gabbar Singh'' * 2nd South Indian International Movie Awards, 2013 – Best Female Playback Singer for "123 Mike Testing" from '' Yaare Koogadali''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sharma, Mamta 1980 births Living people People from Gwalior Indian women playback singers Bollywood playback singers Kannada playback singers Telugu playback singers Tamil playback singers Nepali-language singers from India Bengali playback singers Indian folk-pop singers 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers Women musicians from Madhya Pradesh Singers from Madhya Pradesh Bigg Boss contestants Filmfare Awards winners Screen Awards winners International Indian Film Academy Awards winners