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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.
Nov 28, 2020 · Bhavani Iyer, who has films like Black, Lootera and Raazi to her credit, on what it is like to be a writer in Bollywood who doesn't compromise on ideology and doesn't create 'star vehicles'. Written by Priyanka Sharma. Mumbai | Updated: November 29, 2020 08:53 IST.
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Raised in an academics-oriented South Indian family in Bengaluru, Bhavani has no connection with films and remembers a childhood where she would hardly watch one film in a year. When she was in college in Mumbai, pursuing an undergraduate degree in science, Bhavani worked as a trainee copywriter with an advertising agency. “That was the beginning o...
Seeing her wide repertoire of work, Raazi director Meghna Gulzar met Bhavani and asked her to write for the film. “Just the day before I had watched Talvar(which I had missed watching in the theatre). I loved the film so much, I could see the magic she had woven and I think I almost willed her telepathically to think of me and call me! She told me ...
Bhavani does not work on more than one film at a time. And she never carries the baggage of one project to another. “I never carry the baggage of one project to another. I find it very easy to completely erase any emotion or memory from my mind once I’ve moved from one writing to another. It’s like the movie The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Min...
Bhavani Iyer is a journalist-turned-screenwriter who has worked on films like Black, Guzaarish, Lootera, and Raazi. She talks about her process, her inspiration, and her upcoming novel Anon.
Bhavani Iyer is an Indian screenwriter who has worked on films and TV shows such as Raazi, Black, 24: India, and Guzaarish. See her biography, awards, credits, and in-development projects on IMDb.
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Who are the film-makers who made feminist cinema part of mainstream Bollywood entertainment and how did they do it? This piece in the Indian Express profiles Bhavani Iyer, the screenwriter who is credited some of the biggest Bollywood hits of the past 20 years (eg. Black) and also less successfully but widely acclaimed movies like Lootera and ...
Bhavani Iyer has written for Hindi films like Raazi, Black, Guzaarish, Lootera and television shows like 24, Everest and Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai. She started her career as a copywriter with iB&W Advertising and was the youngest editor of the film magazine Stardust.
Bhavani Iyer has no formal training in screenwriting, but has scripted Bollywood biggies like Black, Lootera, and Raazi. Presently working on the upcoming Sam Manekshaw biopic, she tells...
