Bhavani Iyer

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Bhavani Iyer
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Occupationscreenwriter, novelist

Bhavani Iyer is an Indian screenwriter and novelist from Mumbai.[1]

Career[]

Bhavani 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] On 19 February 2021, Iyer announced that she is writing a biopic series on the third Maharani consort of Jaipur Gayatri Devi.[7]

Her first novel Anon has been well received by critics and readers alike.

Filmography[]

Movies[]

TV Shows[]

Books[]

  • Anon (Fingerprint Publishing)

Anon. by Bhavani Iyer

References[]

  1. ^ "Bhavani Iyer: Feminist writer who remains 'utterly unafraid'". The Indian Express. 29 November 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Scripting a new success". The Telegraph. 29 April 2006. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  3. ^ "27-Year-Old Bhavani Iyer Becomes A Bollywood Celebrity Writer". SAWF News. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  4. ^ "Milind Soman in Black writer's next". Rediff. 7 November 2007. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  5. ^ "A Frame Of Her Own". Outlook. 11 September 2006. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2010.
  6. ^ "Fact and Fiction". woman.intoday. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
  7. ^ "Gayatri Devi Biopic Is In Works Announces Writer Bhavani Iyer; Dia Mirza Shares Excitement". Republic World. Retrieved 19 February 2021.

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