 The troupe was founded in 1978, and performed its first production, based on a Rabindranath Tagore work, "Chandalika", in 1979.It was followed by "Horikhela", "Aajker Ekalabya", "Milap", "Shikaar", "Mother Earth", "Amritasyaputra" and "Sabari".Mamata Shankar has two sons, Ratul Shankar and Rajeet Shankar.