Alokananda Dasgupta
Alokananda Dasgupta | |
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| Born | |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Occupation | Music composer |
Alokananda Dasgupta is an Indian classical pianist and music composer, known for her work in Hindi cinema.
Early life and career
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]
She debut as a music composer with the Marathi drama film Shala (2011). It was followed by the score of B.A. Pass (2013), Fandry (2013), Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa (2013), Asha Jaoar Majhe (2014) and Trapped (2017).[3] She has also composed the music for the short films The Affair and Neeraj Ghaywan's Juice (both in 2017), and the national award-winning Gujarati documentary Amdavad Ma Famous.[3] In 2018, she composed the music for Amazon Prime original Breathe and the Netflix original series Sacred Games.[4]
Discography
| Title | Year | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Shala | 2011 | Marathi Film |
| B.A. Pass | 2013 | |
| Fandry | 2013 | Marathi Film |
| Anwar Ka Ajab Kissa | 2013 | |
| Asha Jaoar Majhe | 2014 | |
| 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 |
References
- ^ a b Das, Mohua (30 August 2014). "Music". The Telegraph. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ a b Dasgupta, Alokananda (4 February 2011). "Amit Trivedi is my mentor: Alokananda". The Times of India. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ a b Ghosh, Sankhayan (26 February 2017). "A new breed of film composers". Mint. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
- ^ 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.