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Vinay Patel FRSL (born 1986) is a British-Indian screenwriter and playwright. He is best known for writing the BBC drama Murdered by My Father. Career.
Jul 26, 2018 · An Adventure by Vinay Patel. Photograph: Bush Theatre Patel’s other new play is the “very surreal and physical” Sticks and Stones, which is about to do a full Edinburgh run.
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Vinay Patel Writer. AN ADVENTURE - An epic, technicolour love story originally ran at the Bush Theatre in 2018 and comes to Octagon Theatre, Bolton in February 2022. Photo Credit: Bronwen Sharp
Vinay Patel is a British-Indian writer and director, born in 1986. He has worked on Doctor Who, Murdered by My Father, One Day and other projects.
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Vinay Patel is a BAFTA Breakthrough-winning Brit screenwriter and director. I’ve interviewed him several times now, both for his TV breakthrough Murdered by My Father and for my latest writing book, Writing Diverse Characters For Fiction, TV or Film. I always find Vinay’s points about writing and life so illuminating, so I jumped at the chance of t...
Vinay started out as a corporate filmmaker, but decided he wanted to do an MA. He had lots of skills from that work but felt the pull of lots of different disciplines – editing, directing, writing. In the end, he decided to pick just the one thing, so he could put all of his efforts on that and see where it took him. He decided to pour everything i...
Vinay decided he wanted to write a film, but ended up writing a play. It was a big challenge, but after the MA he ended back in a 9-5 job. After a year and a half of applying (!), he managed to get on a theatre attachment scheme with Arts Council backing. That was another great experience writing-wise, but again didn’t lead to anything solid in ter...
In setting it up, Vinay ‘tricked’ a venue into letting him put on his play … Because a certain organisation gave him a referral. In reality, he had no such referral, though that organisation gladly gave it, when they heard he had a venue! In other words, Vinay blagged both of them and was able to deliver, because he could follow through. After all,...
Vinay calls Doctor Whoa ‘massive learning curve’. By his own admission, Vinay is fairly new to television and screenwriting generally; he has had to think on his feet and learn on the job. His background in fringe theatre helped but going from such small audiences through to primetime television was an epic leap. He said Doctor Who showrunner Chris...
Vinay’s episode of Doctor Whohas the subject of partition in India at the heart of its story. I asked him if he felt his heritage helped him connect with the story ‘more’ than perhaps a white writer could … Could it be that his point of view is more authentic? For Vinay, the answer is both yes AND no. He said that his heritage definitely helped him...
Sometimes writers believe creatives ‘have’ to be miserable in order to create. Other times, they may mistakenly believe being successful will eradicate these mental health problems. Neither is the case. The reality is, there are depressed people from all walks of life and writers are no different. Vinay has been very candid online about his own men...
As a last question, I asked Vinay for his redrafting tips. He said he has a particular ‘essential idea’ that sparks his story off, informing his writing. An example would be ‘faith in justice’. When redrafting then, he goes back to that essential idea and asks himself, ‘Is this still true? Is this what my story is about?’ If it is, he needs to see ...
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Apr 2, 2016 · Vinay Patel talks about his research and writing process for Murdered By My Father, a TV show based on real-life stories of violence within families. He explores the psychology of honour-based crimes and the challenges of representing them to a young audience.
Vinay Patel is a screenwriter who started his career with a play about London 2012 and 7/7. He wrote his first TV drama Murdered By My Father in 2015 and is working on his next project for BBC.
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