Alokananda Dasgupta is a composer based in Mumbai, India. She is the daughter of poet and filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta. Her appreciation for a diverse range of music led her to score National Award-winning Marathi films such as Shala (2011), and Fandry, and she was one of five composers selected for the Mumbai Composers Lab in 2013. Her work on her father’s films includes Anwar Ki Ajeeb Kissa, Tope, and Urojahaj.

In 2016, she was the first Indian female composer to be invited to Berlin to attend Berlinale Talents under the Music Composer & Sound Studio category and went on to compose the music and songs for the feature film Trapped (2016). She later scored the Netflix Original Series Sacred Games (Seasons 1 & 2) in 2018 and 2019, winning the 2020 Filmfare OTT Award for Best Background Score (Series) for Sacred Games 2, which was also nominated for an International Emmy for Best Drama Series.

Career Highlight

Most recently, her Background Score for Khauf (2025) on Amazon Prime Video has been highly critically acclaimed, and has been recognised with the Filmfare OTT Award for Best Background Score, Series (2025), and the IWM Buzz Digital Award for the Best Background Score (2025).
In 2022, Alokananda was the BAFTA Breakthrough Artist, India.
Puratawn (2025), The Jengaburu Curse (2023), Jubilee (2023) – She won her second Filmfare OTT Award for Best Background Score (Series) in 2024 for Jubilee.
Some of her other works include – Three of Us (2022), Shiv Shastri Balboa (2022), Ajeeb Daastaans (2021), AK vs AK (2020), Breathe: Into The Shadows (2020)
Alongside her work in the Film and OTT space, Alokananda has composed extensively for short films. Some of her works include Spying Stars (2025), Chashma (2024), Ayesha (2024), Kicking Balls (2022), Bebaak (2019), The Booth (2019), Juice (2017), Aaba (2017), Famous in Ahmedabad (2015).
She is currently working on one project for Maddock Films and another for Amazon Prime Video

Awards / Recognition

Selected International Honors & Recognition
- BAFTA Breakthrough Artist, India (2022)
- Berlinale Talents, Berlinale Talent Campus — first female Indian composer selected (2016)
- IWM Buzz Digital Award – Best Background Score, Khauf (2025)
Filmfare Awards
- Filmfare OTT Award – Best Background Score, Khauf (2025)
- Filmfare OTT Award – Best Background Score, Jubilee (2024)
- Filmfare OTT Award – Best Background Music (Series), Sacred Games 2 (2020)
Other Awards & Recognitions