A media consultant and documentary film maker Malay Dasgupta (b.1961) studied Comparative Literature in Jadavpur University, Kolkata. On completing his post-graduation he started making independent documentaries. His first documentary Dangling on a String (1991) was on the traditional puppet theatre of Bengal, following which he made a documentary on the last surviving musician of the Vishnupur Gharana of Indian classical music, Bindhyabasini (1993). He has made several documentaries like Song of my Life (2005) on Hindustani classical musician Smt. Gangubai Hangle, Amina Revisited (2006) on the trafficking of poor Muslim girls from Hyderabad to the Middle East, My Life, My Music (2008-09), a 3 part documentary on noted Indian musicians, Land of Eighteen Tides & One Goddess (2012) on the tiger cult of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest in the Gangetic delta, etc. His documentaries are screened in different film festivals in India and abroad.