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'''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><br />
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==Career==<br />
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><br />
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Her first novel Anon has been well received by critics and readers alike.<br />
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==Filmography==<br />
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===Movies===<br />
*''[[Black (2005 film)|Black]]'' (2005)<br />
*''[[Main Aisa Hi Hoon]]'' (2005) <br />
*''[[Swami (2007 film)|Swami]]'' (2007)<br />
*''[[Guzaarish (2010 film)|Guzaarish]]'' (2010)<br />
*''[[Lootera]]'' (2013)<br />
*''[[One Night Stand (2016 film)|One Night Stand]]'' (2016)<br />
*''[[Raazi]]'' (2018)<br />
*''[[ Sam Bahadur (film)|Sam Bahadur]]'' (2022)<br />
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===TV Shows===<br />
* ''[[24 (Indian TV series)]]'' (2013–16)<br />
* ''[[Everest (Indian TV series)]]'' (2014)<br />
* ''[[Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hai]]'' (2016)<br />
* [[Kaafir (Indian TV series)|''Kaafir'']] (2019)<br />
* [[Breathe: Into the Shadows]] (2020)<br />
* [[The Empire (TV series)|The Empire]] (2021)<br />
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=== Books ===<br />
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* ''Anon'' (Fingerprint Publishing)<br />
[https://www.amazon.in/Anon-Bhavani-Iyer/dp/9387779637 Anon. by Bhavani Iyer]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|1818188}}<br />
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