Barlen Pyamootoo

Barlen Pyamootoo (born 27 September 1960), is a Mauritian filmmaker and writer. He is notable as the director of critically acclaim film Bénarès.

Personal life He was born on 27 September 1960 in Trou d'Eau Douce, Mauritius as the third child of a Tamil family with eight siblings. When he was 12-year-old, his mother left home to work in Germany. In 2006, his mother was killed by a bus.

After return, he wrote his first book Bénarès. At that time he was 39 years of age. Then in 2002, he wrote his second book Le Tour de Babylone. In 2008 he wrote Salogi's a tribute to his mother. He started writing the next book L’île de poissons toxiques in 2002 and then stopped in 2005. He started the work again in 2013 and later published in 2017. The film deals with two young men who travelled around Mauritius of which they meet two interesting ladies who had them entertained. With the film, Pyamootoo became the first Mauritian filmmaker to use Mauritian Creole in a film.

Author work Bénarès, 1999 Le Tour de Babylone, 2002 Salogi's, 2008 L’île de poissons toxiques, 2017 Whitman, 2019

Filmography

Year Film Role Ref. 2005 Bénarès Director