Shakuntala Devi It will be out on July 31 on Amazon Prime Video. Vidya Balan announced the release date of her next biographical film in a one-minute video on Thursday, which changed the popularity of the main character, Shakuntala Devi (Balan), as a mental calculator that earned her the nickname “human computer.” Written and co-directed by Anu Menon, best known for directing Waiting 2015 and Four More Shots Please! season 1 – Shakuntala Devi It 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 theaters in May, Shakuntala Devi It is now a direct release, a second for Amazon in India after Amitabh Bachchan, Gulabo Sitabo led by Ayushmaan Khurrana in June, thanks to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, which continues to keep movie theaters closed across India. Usually, Shakuntala Devi it will be the third major Bollywood movie to skip theaters entirely and be released directly on a streaming service. Dil Bechara, the adaptation of The Fault in Our Stars that marks Sushant Singh Rajput’s last posthumous appearance, will be the second on July 24.
Born in 1929 in British India in the ancient state of Mysore, Shakuntala Devi’s arithmetic skills were discovered at the tender age of three, as her father, who worked in a circus, taught her a card trick. Soon after, Devi went to shows with her father to demonstrate those skills. After moving to London in 1944, that became world tours, including across Europe in 1950 and New York in 1976. Devi was included in the Guinness Book of Records in 1982 after multiplying two 13-digit random numbers in 28 seconds. Devi was also an LGBTQ advocate. He 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 it is a production of Sony Pictures Networks India and Abundantia Entertainment. The latter’s founder and CEO, Vikram Malhotra, served as a producer, along with Seher Latif and Shivani Saran as executive producers.
Shakuntala Devi, It will be out on July 31 on Amazon Prime Video worldwide.
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