Shakuntala Devi is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language biographical film directed and written by Anu Menon and produced by Sony Pictures Networks India and Vikram Malhotra under his banner Abundantia Entertainment. The film stars Vidya Balan as Shakuntala Devi, who was also known as the "human computer" along with Jisshu Sengupta, Sanya Malhotra, and Amit Sadh.
Principal photography began on 16 September 2019 and was wrapped up on 20 November 2019. The film was scheduled to be theatrically released in India on 8 May 2020, Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film will not be released theatrically and will stream worldwide on 31 July 2020 on Prime Video.
Shakuntala Devi is out July 31 on Amazon Prime Video. Vidya Balan announced the release date of her upcoming biographical movie in a one-minute video on Thursday, which traded on the title character's Shakuntala Devi (Balan) popularity as a mental calculator that earned her the nickname of “human computer”.
Written and co-directed by Anu Menon best known for directing 2015's Waiting, and Four More Shots Please! season 1 Shakuntala Devi also stars Jisshu Sengupta (Mahaprabhu) as Shakuntala's husband Paritosh Banerji, Sanya Malhotra (Dangal) as Shankuntala's daughter Anupama Banerji, and Amit Sadh (Breathe) as Anupama's husband Ajay.
Originally slated to open in May in theatres, Shakuntala Devi is now a straight-to-streaming première a second for Amazon in India after the Amitabh Bachchan, Ayushmaan Khurrana-led Gulabo Sitabo in June thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which continues to keep cinema halls shut across India.
Overall, Shakuntala Devi will be the third major Bollywood movie to skip theatres entirely and release directly on a streaming service. Dil Bechara the adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars that marks the final posthumous appearance of Sushant Singh Rajput will be the second on July 24.
Born in 1929 British India in the erstwhile Mysore State, Shakuntala Devi's arithmetic abilities were discovered at the tender age of three, as her father who worked at a circus taught her a card trick. Soon after, Devi went on roadshows with her father to demonstrate said abilities.
After she moved to London in 1944, that turned into world tours, including across Europe in 1950 and New York in 1976. Devi was inducted into the 1982 Guinness Book of Records after she multiplied two random 13-digit numbers in 28 seconds. Devi was also an LGBTQ advocate. She died at the age of 83 in Bangalore in 2013.
Menon co-wrote Shakuntala Devi with newcomer Nayanika Mahtani and dialogue writer Ishita Moitra (Four More Shots Please!). Shakuntala Devi is a production of Sony Pictures Networks India and Abundantia Entertainment. The latter's founder and CEO Vikram Malhotra served as a producer, alongside Seher Latif and Shivani Saran as executive producers.
The Woman Behind The Vidya Balan
Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian writer and mental calculator, popularly known as the "human computer". Her talent earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records.
Born to Hindu Kannada Brahmin parents, Devi was a precocious child and she demonstrated her arithmetic abilities at the University of Mysore without any formal education.
Shakuntala Devi wrote a number of books in her later years, including novels as well as texts about mathematics, puzzles, and astrology. She wrote the book The World of Homosexuals, which is considered the first study of homosexuality in India. She treated homosexuality in a positive light and is considered a pioneer in the field.
Shakuntala Devi was born in Bangalore, Karnataka to an orthodox Kannada Brahmin family. Her father rebelled against becoming a temple priest and instead joined a circus where he worked as a trapeze artist, lion tamer, tightrope walker, and magician.
He discovered his daughter's ability to memorize numbers while teaching her a card trick when she was about three years old. Her father left the circus and took her on road shows that displayed her ability at calculation.[2] She did this without any formal education. At the age of six, she demonstrated her arithmetic abilities at the University of Mysore. In 1944, Shakuntala Devi moved to London with her father.
Shakuntala Devi Cast
- Vidya Balan as Shakuntala Devi
- Jisshu Sengupta as Paritosh Banerji, Shakuntala's husband
- Sanya Malhotra as Anupama Banerji, Shakuntala's daughter
- Amit Sadh as Ajay, Anupama's husband
Shakuntala Devi Release Date
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film will not be released theatrically and will stream on Prime Video worldwide on 31 July 2020. Vidya Balan expressed her delight on social media platforms regarding the release of the movie on the OTT platforms
Shakuntala Devi Trailer
Review of the film will be coming soon
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