Alokananda Dasgupta

Alokananda Dasgupta
Born	Kolkata
Nationality	Indian
Occupation	Music composer

Alokananda Dasgupta is an Indian classical pianist and music composer, known for her work in Hindi cinema.

Alokananda is the daughter of famous poet and film maker Buddhadeb Dasgupta. She has a 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).

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). She has also composed the music for the short film The Affair and the national award winning Gujarati documentary Amdavad Ma Famous.

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