HINDI FILM REVIEW: Shakuntala Devi Movie Review

Shakuntala Devi Movie Review : Soak yourself in the fascinating life and times of Shakuntala Devi!

Shakuntala Devi Film Poster

Shakuntala Devi is an 2020 Bollywood biographical comedy-drama film written and directer is Anu Menon and producer are 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.

Film Shooting Started 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.

Critic's Rating : 3.5/5

Avg. Users' Rating : 3.6/5

In-depth Analysis
Our overall critic’s rating is not an average of the sub scores below.

Direction : 3.5/5
Dialogues : 3.5/5
Screenplay : 3.5/5
Music : 3.0/5
Visual appeal : 3.5/5

Film Story :

A biographical drama on the life of Shakuntala Devi, the renowned mathematician, whose astounding skills of solving complex math problems in record time won her admiration and awe, the world over.

Shakuntala Devi Movie Review :

‘Shankuntala Devi’ not only explores the mathematician’s fascinating relationship with numbers but her relationships beyond it as well – especially her life as a mother and a woman. If Shankuntala Devi’s intriguing journey which started off as a three-year-old solving difficult math problems and doing her own shows across schools was not remarkable enough – her fearless and independent spirit as a young woman in the 1950’s, who lived by her own rules adds to her dazzling persona. One which she fiercely protects through every stage of her life.‘Why should I be normal, when I can be amazing?’ Shakuntala Devi (Vidya Balan) asks her daughter Anupama (Sanya Malhotra), when during a skirmish the later questions why she can’t be a ‘normal’ mother.

As the film takes us through Shakuntala Devi’s life, it becomes obvious that while her equation with numbers was seamless, her personal equations often ended up being miscalculated. While highlighting her glorious on stage moments during her Maths Shows, it also delves into her string of troubled relationships - with her parents, the over riding anger towards her mother for not standing up to her father when it mattered, the men in her life and finally her strained relationship with her daughter.

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Directer :Anu Menon

Producer :Vikram Malhotra

Writer :Anu Menon,Nayanika Mahtani Ishita Moitra

Story :Anu Menon,Nayanika Mahtani

Star Cast :Vidya Balan

Music :Sachin-Jigar,Tanishk Bagchi,Arijit Singh

Cinematography :Sudeep Chatterjee

Editor : Rajesh G. Pandey

Casting : Seher Latif,Yash Nagarkoti

Production Design : Meenal Agarwal,Vintee Bansal

Set Decoration : Harshvardhan Purohit

Makeup Department : Shalaka Bhosle,Vikram Gaikwad,Shreyas Mhatre

Production company:Abundantia Entertainment,Sony Pictures Networks India

Distributors : Sony Pictures Releasing (2020) (World-wide) (theatrical),Amazon Prime Video

Genres : Biography,Drama

Release date : July 31 2020

Country : India

Language : Hindi

Shakuntala Devi Film Star Vidya Balan

Release :

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 (Over The Top) platforms.