Bhavani Iyer is an Indian screenwriter and novelist from Mumbai.[1]
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| Occupation(s) | screenwriter, novelist |
Career
editBhavani Iyer started her career with advertising as a trainee copywriter. She then moved to journalism and had worked as the editor for the film magazine Stardust. She made her screenwriting debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Black. She has collaborated on the screenplays for Bhansali's Guzaarish, Vikramaditya Motwane's Lootera and the Indian version of Fox's hit show 24 (Indian TV series). She has also written the critically acclaimed Raazi, a spy drama that has been lauded for its sensitive depiction of cross-border espionage set during the India-Pakistan war of 1971.[2][3][4][5][6]
Her first novel, Anon, was well received by critics and readers alike.
Filmography
editMovies
edit- Black (2005)
- Main Aisa Hi Hoon (2005)
- Swami (2007)
- Guzaarish (2010)
- Lootera (2013)
- One Night Stand (2016)
- Raazi (2018)
- Sam Bahadur (2022)
TV shows
edit- 24 (Indian TV series) (2013–16)
- Everest (Indian TV series) (2014)
- Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai (2016)
- Kaafir (2019)
- Breathe: Into the Shadows (2020)
- The Empire (2021)
Books
edit- Anon (Fingerprint Publishing)
References
edit- ^ "Bhavani Iyer: Feminist writer who remains 'utterly unafraid'". The Indian Express. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ "Scripting a new success". The Telegraph. 29 April 2006. Archived from the original on 3 February 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "27-Year-Old Bhavani Iyer Becomes A Bollywood Celebrity Writer". SAWF News. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "Milind Soman in Black writer's next". Rediff. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "A Frame Of Her Own". Outlook. 11 September 2006. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
- ^ "Fact and Fiction". woman.intoday. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
External links
edit- Bhavani Iyer at IMDb