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	'''Bhavani Iyer''' is an ~~[[India]]n~~ screenwriter and novelist from [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Bhavani Iyer: Feminist writer who remains ‘utterly unafraid’ \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bhavani-iyer-feminist-writer-who-remains-utterly-unafraid-6565800/ \|access-date=2 August 2021 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=29 November 2020 \|language=en}}</ref>		'''Bhavani Iyer''' is an Indian screenwriter and novelist from [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Bhavani Iyer: Feminist writer who remains ‘utterly unafraid’ \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bhavani-iyer-feminist-writer-who-remains-utterly-unafraid-6565800/ \|access-date=2 August 2021 \|work=The Indian Express \|date=29 November 2020 \|language=en}}</ref>

	==Career==		==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 (2005 film)\|Black]]. She has collaborated on the screenplays for Bhansali's [[Guzaarish (2010 film)\|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.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Scripting a new success \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060429/asp/weekend/story_6133127.asp\|accessdate=19 October 2010\|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph\|The Telegraph]]\|date=29 April 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=27-Year-Old Bhavani Iyer Becomes A Bollywood Celebrity Writer \|url=http://www.sawfnews.com/Bollywood/654.aspx\|work=SAWF News\|accessdate=19 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title= Milind Soman in Black writer's next\|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2007/nov/07milind.htm\|accessdate=19 October 2010\|newspaper=[[Rediff]]\|date=7 November 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=A Frame Of Her Own\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?232471\|accessdate=19 October 2010\|newspaper=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook]]\|date=11 September 2006\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101031033423/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?232471\| archivedate= 31 October 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://woman.intoday.in/woman/story.jsp?sid%3D5814%26page%3D1 \|title=Fact and Fiction \|work=woman.intoday \|accessdate=2011-01-21 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721162600/http://woman.intoday.in/woman/story.jsp?sid=5814&page=1 \|archivedate=2011-07-21 }}</ref> On 19 February 2021, Iyer announced that she is writing a biopic series on the third Maharani consort of Jaipur [[Gayatri Devi]].<ref>{{cite web\|title=Gayatri Devi Biopic Is In Works Announces Writer Bhavani Iyer; Dia Mirza Shares Excitement\|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/gayatri-devi-biopic-is-in-works-announces-writer-bhavani-iyer-dia-mirza-shares-excitement.html\|work=Republic World\|accessdate=2021-02-19}}</ref>		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 (2005 film)\|Black]]. She has collaborated on the screenplays for Bhansali's [[Guzaarish (2010 film)\|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.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Scripting a new success \|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060429/asp/weekend/story_6133127.asp\|accessdate=19 October 2010\|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph\|The Telegraph]]\|date=29 April 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=27-Year-Old Bhavani Iyer Becomes A Bollywood Celebrity Writer \|url=http://www.sawfnews.com/Bollywood/654.aspx\|work=SAWF News\|accessdate=19 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title= Milind Soman in Black writer's next\|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2007/nov/07milind.htm\|accessdate=19 October 2010\|newspaper=[[Rediff]]\|date=7 November 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=A Frame Of Her Own\|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?232471\|accessdate=19 October 2010\|newspaper=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)\|Outlook]]\|date=11 September 2006\| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101031033423/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?232471\| archivedate= 31 October 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://woman.intoday.in/woman/story.jsp?sid%3D5814%26page%3D1 \|title=Fact and Fiction \|work=woman.intoday \|accessdate=2011-01-21 \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721162600/http://woman.intoday.in/woman/story.jsp?sid=5814&page=1 \|archivedate=2011-07-21 }}</ref>

	Her first novel Anon has been well received by critics and readers alike.		Her first novel Anon has been well received by critics and readers alike.
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	*''[[Sam Bahadur]]'' (~~2021~~)		*''[[ Sam Bahadur (film)\|Sam Bahadur]]'' (2022)

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'''Bhavani Iyer''' is an [[India]]n screenwriter and novelist from [[Mumbai]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Bhavani Iyer: Feminist writer who remains ‘utterly unafraid’ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/bhavani-iyer-feminist-writer-who-remains-utterly-unafraid-6565800/ |access-date=2 August 2021 |work=The Indian Express |date=29 November 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==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 (2005 film)|Black]]. She has collaborated on the screenplays for Bhansali's [[Guzaarish (2010 film)|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.<ref>{{cite news|title=Scripting a new success |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060429/asp/weekend/story_6133127.asp|accessdate=19 October 2010|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]|date=29 April 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=27-Year-Old Bhavani Iyer Becomes A Bollywood Celebrity Writer |url=http://www.sawfnews.com/Bollywood/654.aspx|work=SAWF News|accessdate=19 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title= Milind Soman in Black writer's next|url=http://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2007/nov/07milind.htm|accessdate=19 October 2010|newspaper=[[Rediff]]|date=7 November 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A Frame Of Her Own|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?232471|accessdate=19 October 2010|newspaper=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|date=11 September 2006| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101031033423/http://outlookindia.com/article.aspx?232471| archivedate= 31 October 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://woman.intoday.in/woman/story.jsp?sid%3D5814%26page%3D1 |title=Fact and Fiction |work=woman.intoday |accessdate=2011-01-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721162600/http://woman.intoday.in/woman/story.jsp?sid=5814&page=1 |archivedate=2011-07-21 }}</ref> On 19 February 2021, Iyer announced that she is writing a biopic series on the third Maharani consort of Jaipur [[Gayatri Devi]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Gayatri Devi Biopic Is In Works Announces Writer Bhavani Iyer; Dia Mirza Shares Excitement|url=https://www.republicworld.com/entertainment-news/bollywood-news/gayatri-devi-biopic-is-in-works-announces-writer-bhavani-iyer-dia-mirza-shares-excitement.html|work=Republic World|accessdate=2021-02-19}}</ref>

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

==Filmography==

===Movies===
*''[[Black (2005 film)|Black]]'' (2005)
*''[[Main Aisa Hi Hoon]]'' (2005)
*''[[Swami (2007 film)|Swami]]'' (2007)
*''[[Guzaarish (2010 film)|Guzaarish]]'' (2010)
*''[[Lootera]]'' (2013)
*''[[One Night Stand (2016 film)|One Night Stand]]'' (2016)
*''[[Raazi]]'' (2018)
*''[[Sam Bahadur]]'' (2021)

===TV Shows===
* ''[[24 (Indian TV series)]]'' (2013–16)
* ''[[Everest (Indian TV series)]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai]]'' (2016)
* [[Kaafir (Indian TV series)|''Kaafir'']] (2019)
* [[Breathe: Into the Shadows]] (2020)
* [[The Empire (TV series)|The Empire]] (2021)

=== Books ===

* ''Anon'' (Fingerprint Publishing)
[https://www.amazon.in/Anon-Bhavani-Iyer/dp/9387779637 Anon. by Bhavani Iyer]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name|1818188}}

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