Alokananda Dasgupta
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). 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). 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""." , as well as the first season of Netflix’s dystopian thriller, Leila. Early life and career. Alokananda is the daughter of famous poet and film maker Buddhadeb Dasgupta. She has an elder sister. 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. 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).