Shakuntala Devi (2020)

Director: Anu Menon

Producer: Vikram Malhotra

Starring: Vidya Balan (Shakuntala Devi), Sanya Malhotra (Anupama Banerjee), Jisshu Sengupta (Paritosh Banerjee), Amit Sadh (Ajay).

The biopic on the ‘human computer’, Shakuntala Devi is amazing.

The movie starts in 1934, where 5-year-old Shakuntala is solving problems a 12th grader can’t solve. Then Shakuntala is invited to do a few math shows. 20 years later, in 1954, she is continuing to do math shows and the next year she moves to London. She continues her math shows there with a Spanish man named Javier. In India, Shakuntala meets Paritosh, a man and shortly marries him. Once in 1970, her daughter Anupama or Anu for short, is born. Shakuntala continues the math shows worldwide, robbing Anu of her childhood, just like Shakuntala’s parents did to her. Want to know more? WATCH THE MOVIE!  

I like the plot of the movie. The representation of the mother-daughter relationship is great. The actor chosen for Devi’s role is perfect. No actor except Vidya Balan could suit for the role. Javier’s nickname given by Shakuntala, ‘J-silent’ is very funny. The songs, however, were inappropriate because they weren’t played at the time it was supposed to be played. Shakuntala’s skill of math without any formal education is crazy, but it also was a reason for some of her arrogance. Shakuntala’s catchphrase, ‘I never lose.’ is a reference to her smug side. I think the poster could be improved. Hey, why couldn’t you delay the release rather than release it direct-to-video (oh, I found an answer to my own question, which is that everyone can watch it). Shakuntala Devi had a good release date, which I liked. The flaws are:

  •          The songs were nice, but inappropriate.
  •          The poster was poor.
  •          There was too much CGI. I do not like that.

I wholeheartedly recommend this movie because:

  1.        It has a good plot.
  2.        It has PERFECT casting.
  3.        It jumped between 2 timelines (1934-1989 and 1998-2001), which is a good way to represent the link between the events.
  4.        It has great acting.
  5.        Overall, THE MOVIE IS SUPERB!


Comments

  1. UnknownMay 27, 2021 at 4:06 PM

    Amazing, Ishaan. You have narrated the movie in perfect words. Your style is too good. Great.. You are doing it consistently.All d best. 👏👏

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