Alaka Sahani (born 1974) is an Indian film critic and Senior Assistant Editor with the

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, and heads its Features section. She received the Swarna Kamal as the best film critic at the 61st

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2014. Alaka studied in different parts of

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. She did her schooling at Barabati Girls High School, Baleswar, FM College, Baleswar and SB Women's College, Cuttack. Alaka is a graduate from the

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, Odisha. Here are some of the links to Alaka's National Award-winning stories.

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Articles at ''The Indian Express''
Living people Indian film critics 1974 births Indian Express Limited people Indian women film critics Best Critic National Film Award winners {{India-film-bio-stub