Mamta Kaash
- Actress
- Producer
- Location Management
Indian born Mamta Kaash was raised in London from a young age. Her father Worked for BBC's External Services, rising through the ranks to become the first ever Asian to head the BBC'S broadcasting Services to the Asian sub-continent. He had previously worked as an actor for PRITHVI Theatre, broadcaster in All India Radio & as an academic.. Her mother comes from an Indian Industrialists family & is related to the great Indian singer Sehgal. Her mother worked with Kodak & is a prize winner in dance and playing Sitar. Mamta started acting in school plays & devising her own productions. She studied Economics at Uni. & attended drama and production courses. She is married to businessman DK, a former banker & moved with him to the East for several years, before recently returning to London to renew her career. Her breakthrough, while at college came through BBC TV'S popular Series Angels where she was cast as one of the ANGELS. She was cast as a lead in several popular TV Series like EMMERDALE FARM, RIVER CITY, RUTH RENDAL, HETTYWAINTHROPE, INSPECTOR WEXFORD, BETWEEN THE LINES, to mention a few. CASUALTY - the world's longest running medical drama was one of her most popular shows. For BBC's SHALOM SALAAM she won the best actress award at FIPA Cannes. Shalom Salaam won Best Actress Award for Mamta Kaash and the SACD Best Screenplay Prize (Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs dramatiques) for Gareth Jones at the International Television Festival FIPA (Festival international de programmes audiovisuels) in its second edition at Cannes in 1988.She has worked for the Royal Court Theatre in MA, Touring the UK with Queens theatre London& Tara theatre play SILENCE 2024, touring UK with Tara Arts trilogy of plays JOURNEY TO THE WEST, & DOMESTIC CRUSADERS, & worked several times at Theatre Royal Stratford East & Coventry Belgrade. Mamta has appeared in a number of Award winning Radio plays including SONG OF THE FOREST, which won the Giles Cooper Award in Japan. She has anchored stage shows, sat on a major International drama jury and consulted on International Film festivals. For Scenario Films London & Maya Movies Mumbai she is developing a film on BABUR & an International TV Drama Series on THE MUGHALS as a producer, having been an Executive producer in Gareth Jones nominated feature film DELIGHT (2013)& an Actor and Associate producer in Scenario Films Official Selection feature film DELIRIUM 2017 (IFF Moscow ) and REEL music - Best Score for film drama - Fiona Howe)
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