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What India Needs: Retuning Indian Film Music with Alokananda Dasgupta

March 05, 2025 • Shutapa Paul • Season 2 • Episode 5

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Only 8% of key roles in the Indian film industry are held by women. Composing, sound engineering, and music production remain spaces where women struggle to be heard.

In this Women’s Day special, Shutapa Paul speaks to Alokananda Dasgupta, the music composer behind Sacred Games, Jubilee, and Trapped, about challenges, biases, change that has happened, and that which is still to come.

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Segmentation:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:03:01 - Women in film music

00:06:07 - Challenges & barriers for women in film music

00:19:22 - Equality vs actual implementation

00:22:56 - Experience working across industries

00:28:32 - Background scores vs songs

00:34:47 - Royalties & legal issues in music

00:39:39 - Alokananda’s journey & inspirations