Arvind Iyer

Arvind Iyer
Born Mumbai,India
Education Masters Degree
Alma mater St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
Years active 2005 to 2014
Notable work Drapchi a.k.a. The Nightingale of Tibet
Religion Hindu
Relatives V.R. Krishna Iyer

Arvind Iyer is a former filmmaker and writer of Indian origin. His last known work was the critically acclaimed feature film Drapchi a.k.a.The Nightingale of Tibet in the Tibetan and English languages.[1][2][3]A trained practitioner of the Israeli combat and self-defense system Krav Maga, Iyer gave up professional filmmaking in August 2014.


Early life

Iyer was born in Mumbai,India. He is the grandnephew of Padma Vibhushan recipient Justice V.R. Krishna Iyer [4] and V.R. Lakshminarayanan, former Director General of Police, Tamil Nadu and Additional Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, India.[5][6][7]

Career

Iyer directed the music video "Paradise Lost" for the Netherlands-based opera singer Namgyal Lhamo in 2008. The video was released on the eve of the 2008 Beijing Olympics and made its festival debut when it screened in competition at the Asian Hotshots Berlin film festival in January 2009.[8] It also screened at the 2010 Tibet Film Festival in London and received the 2009 Best Music Video Award at the Tibetan Music Awards.[9]

His debut feature film Drapchi, a.k.a. The Nightingale of Tibet, stars Namgyal Lhamo, Joseph Rezwin, Gen Tenzin-la and Chris Constantinou. Written by Indian screenwriter Pooja Ladha Surti, the film is set against the backdrop of conflicts within occupied Tibet. The film features Namgyal Lhamo in the role of "Yiga Gyalnang," a Tibetan opera singer who is abducted and held as a prisoner at the Drapchi Prison in Lhasa before being transported into isolation in a remote underground prison cell.[4]

Ai Weiwei called the film "...a sad and moving film that made us realize that the plight of the Tibetan people is the plight of all humankind."[2] Sikyong Lobsang Sangay, Prime Minister of Tibet, said "The manner in which this film has been treated is simple, yet is very potent in depiction. It is a very dignified and restrained interpretation of one woman's struggle to keep her spiritual, cultural and artistic space alive."[10]

References

  1. ↑ La Communaute Tibetaine de France. "Un film sur les droits de l’homme au Tibet trace son chemin vers un succès mondial". Tibetan.fr. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Human Rights film on Tibet sings its way to global success". The Tibet Post International. 1 October 2013. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  3. ↑ News desk (10 September 2013). "House of Film acquires sales rights to Arvind Iyer’s film on Tibet". Dear Cinema. Archived from the original on 13 September 2013. Retrieved 2 January 2014.
  4. 1 2 Soman, Deepa (10 December 2012). "Filming beyond boundaries". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 8 October 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  5. ↑ Krishnaswamy, P. (1 January 2004). V.R. Krishna Iyer - A Living Legend. New Delhi: Universal Law Publishing. pp. 16–17. ISBN 978-81-7534-158-6. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  6. ↑ Express News Service (23 April 2009). "Ex-DGP felicitated". Tamil Nadu: New Indian Express. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  7. ↑ Press Trust of India (5 December 2014). "Justice Iyer was a "phenomenal human being": PM Narendra Modi". Kochi: Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  8. ↑ Staff (16 January 2009). "Paradise Lost at Berlin festival". CTA News. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
  9. ↑ "Welcome to the Fourth Tibetan Music Awards". Music Tibet. 10 October 2009. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 3 October 2012.
  10. ↑ Staff writer (11 March 2013). "Arvind Iyer’s Film ‘Drapchi’ to Screen at Rome Independent Film Festival". Central Tibetan Administration. Retrieved 18 April 2016.

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