Sreenanda Shankar

Sreenanda was born in Kolkata, India to Ananda Shankar; the Indian musician, and Tanusree Shankar; a dancer and choreographer.^[2][3] Her name is a portmanteau of the names of her parents. She is the granddaughter of Indian dancer and choreographer, Uday Shankar and his wife Amala Shankar.^[2] The Indian sitarist and composer, Ravi Shankar is her granduncle.^[2] Sreenanda started acting and dancing at a very young age having accompanied her parents on music recordings, dance tours and performances.^[4]

Sreenanda was trained at the Tanusree Shankar Dance Academy ^[4] and studied at The Ailey School, the American dance training Theatre.^[5] She also studied acting as a course at Roshan Taneja School of Acting in Mumbai, India^[6] and at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York.^[7]

Sreenanda performed as a dancer on stage across India, as well as in USA, UK, Spain and other nations.^[8] She performed on television for multiple dance-dramas where she played the role of Goddess Durga.^[9]

As a model, Sreenanda has featured in TV/video commercials and ad campaigns on multiple occasions.^[1] She has starred as an actress in movies directed by notable film directors such as Aparna Sen, Suman Ghosh and Srijit Mukherji.^[1]

Sreenanda is the founder of Makeover Madness. It's about what suits You, an online makeup platform for women. ^[10] She is also the director at Tanusree Shankar Dance Company.^[4]

She has a youtube channel where she shows her makeup tutorials and daily lifestyle.^[11]

Sreenanda married her longtime boyfriend Gev Satarawalla in November 2009.^[12][13]