Alokananda Dasgupta

Indian playback singer

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Alokananda Dasgupta

Born|

Kolkata

Nationality| Indian
Occupation| Music composer

Alokananda Dasgupta is a contemporary music composer. She was pursuing her Masters in English Literature at Calcutta University when she decided to pursue her lifelong passion for music in Toronto, where she completed a Bachelors of Music with Honors in Theory and Composition at York University. She has previously assisted Amit Trivedi on films like Udaan (2010), Aisha (2010), No One Killed Jessica (2011) and Chillar Party (2011).[1][2]

She debuted as a music composer with the Marathi drama film Shala (2011). She also composed the score of B.A. Pass (2013), Fandry (2013), Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa (2013), Asha Jaoar Majhe (2014) and Trapped (2017).[3]

She most recently composed the background scores for the first seasons of Amazon Prime’s Breathe and Netflix’s Sacred Games. She is presently working on a feature film, the second season of Sacred Games.[4] , as well as the first season of Netflix’s dystopian thriller, Leila.[5]

## Contents

* 1 Early life and career
* 2 Discography
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Early life and career[edit]

Alokananda is the daughter of famous poet and film maker Buddhadeb Dasgupta. She has an elder sister.[1] She did her graduation with Honors in English Literature from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. She also did her master's course in English Literature at University of Calcutta. She studied Film Studies for two years at St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and then went to the York University, Toronto where she completed her bachelor's degree in Music Performance and Music Composition.[2] After the completion of her course, Alokananda became the music assistant of Amit Trivedi for films like Udan (2010), Aisha (2010), No One Killed Jessica (2011) and Chillar Party (2011).[1][2]

## Discography[edit]

Title | Year | Notes

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Shala | 2011 | Marathi Film
B.A. Pass | 2013 |
Fandry | 2013 | Marathi Film
Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa | 2013 |
Asha Jaoar Majhe | 2014 | Bengali Film
Geelee | 2015 | Short film
Amdavad Ma Famous | 2015 | Documentary
Trapped | 2016 |
The Affair | 2017 | Short film
Juice | 2017 | Short film
Half Widow | 2017 |
Breathe | 2018 | TV series
Sacred Games | 2018 | TV series
Leila | 2019 | TV series
Roam Rome Mein | 2019 |
Bebaak | 2019 | Short film
The Booth | 2019 | Short film
Breathe: Into the Shadows | 2020 | TV series
AK vs AK | 2020 |

| Breathe: Into the Shadows 2 || 2022 || TV series

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c Das, Mohua (30 August 2014). "Music". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
2. ^ a b c Dasgupta, Alokananda (4 February 2011). "Amit Trivedi is my mentor: Alokananda". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
3. ^ Ghosh, Sankhayan (26 February 2017). "A new breed of film composers". Mint. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
4. ^ Ghosh, Devarsi (15 July 2018). "'Dark, criminal, funny, with truth underneath': Alokananda Dasgupta on the music of 'Sacred Games'". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
5. ^ Ghosh, Devarsi (30 June 2019). "Playlist picks: 'Leila' and 'Sacred Games' composer Alokananda Dasgupta lists her influences". Scroll.in. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

## External links[edit]

* Alokananda Dasgupta at IMDb