It gets heavy on soul when you can't tell your stories: Bhavani Iyer

Bhavani Iyer views life the way she writes her films: with unflinching empathy, so even as her list of personal scripts pile up, she is saddened but not bitter.

Credited with writing acclaimed films like Sanjay Leela Bhansali's "Black", Vikramaditya Motwane's "Lootera" and Meghna Gulzar's "Raazi", Bhavani says sometimes being a film writer can get "a little heavy on your soul."
In an interview with PTI, Bhavani says she often finds herself in doubt: "Why are my stories not good enough? Or considered not important enough to be told?"
"I've always been able to understand things from a loftier perceptive and learnt to remove myself from the equation and not make it just about me when I'm looking at any issue. The perspective, which is the most important tool for a writer, is probably ingrained in me from what I've seen."
Born in Bengaluru, Bhavani grew up wishing to be a novelist with a shelf dedicated to her books. Finding herself writing for films now, she calls the journey "unreal."
"I didn't plan the filmography that I have. I didn't plan I would have films like 'Lootera', 'Raazi', or the show '24'. The writing is pretty evident in them and not been overwhelmed by anything else - by a star power, for example."