Mamta Joshi

Some Lesser Known Facts About Mamta Joshi

• Dr Mamta Joshi grew up in a middle-class Punjabi family.

  

• Since childhood, she was inclined towards singing. At a very young age, she started her training in singing. Her parents also dreamt that their daughter would become a professional singer one day.

• At a very young age, she started practising singing with her elder brother Gulshan.

• In childhood, she was taught the “Heer” song (by singer Bari Shah) by her maternal grandfather Sardar Balwant Singh.

• She has attended various singing events at the ‘Harballabh Sangeet Sammelan’ held at Sri Devi Talab Mandir, Jalandhar.

• She grew up listening to the songs of Ghulam Ali, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Hariharan.

• She considers Pakistani Sufi singer Fareed Ayaz her Guru.

• While she was studying in school, her classmates and teachers motivated her to try her luck in singing. She has received a scholarship from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.

• Mamta has performed at various events in India and various other countries.

  

• In 2007, she was invited to Canada to perform in the Sufi singer program of Three Horse.

• She has won various medals in singing.

• During an interview, Mamta Joshi said that her maternal grandfather Sardar Balwant Singh had advised her that whenever she practices or sings Varsya song, she must put a cloth on her head.

• She often sings the poetry of the poet Faiz Ahmad Faiz.

• She was appointed as a music assistant professor at Chandigarh Government College in 2009.

• In 2010, she sang the Punjabi song “Nakhre Hazoor De” during a program in Canada for which she received appreciation.

• In one of the Kabaddi World Cups, she sang the Punjabi song “Dama Dam Mast Qalandar.”

• On 23 March 2017, she performed the Punjabi song “Mast Qalandar” on the Punjabi Doordarshan channel.

• She has sung the compositions of Sant Kabir and Mirabai.

• She is known for singing songs in various languages like Urdu, Punjabi, Bhojpuri, Maithili, Avadhi, Hindi and other local languages.

• Some of her Punjabi music albums are Saifal Malooq, Asan Ishq Namaaz, Naksha, Bhagat Singh, Maahi, Ik Taara, and Kamli De Saiyaan.