'Shakuntala Devi' Review: Fans shower praises, say 'Vidya Balan is as effortless as ever'

Vidya Balan's film Shakuntala Devi released on July 31, 2020. Ever since movie was unspooled on Amazon Prime Video, fans have gushed to Twitter to shower praises for film and Vidya's character in it. While a fan said, "One woman show all way," ar user tweeted, "Vidya Balan deserves a standing ovation." A user also penned that Vidya deserves every bit of applause for her enchanting role in movie and ar fan wrote, "Vidya is as effortless as ever." Check out how Twitterati has been pouring in praises for Balan and her film.

Shakuntala Devi review

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Vidya Balan in Shakuntala Devi

Directed by Anu Men, Shakuntala Devi cast includes Vidya Balan, Jisshu Sengupta, Sanya Malhotra, Amit Sh among ors. Vidya Balan plays role of Shakuntala Devi, who is fondly remembered as 'human computer'. Shakuntala jets off to London where she proves her computational expertise and gets her name registered in book of Guinness World Records. re comes a crunch when Shakuntala grapples to balance her personal and professional life after she gives birth to a daughter. 

Vidya Balan talks about challenges she faced while playing Shakuntala Devi

During her exclusive interaction with Republic World, Vidya talked about  challenging part while portraying Shakuntala Devi. She said, "It was math shows because Shakuntala Devi enjoyed those shows." Vidya Balan talked about how people have a general perception of subject and how y call math dull and boring. Balan said, "I personally do t have that. I always like math." However, Vidya highlighted way it was taught in her time and said that it wasn't much interactive. 

About Shakuntala Devi

Shakuntala Devi film traces journey of 'math genius' and 'human computer', Shakuntala Devi, whose love for numbers was unmissable. Shakuntala Devi was a mamatical wizard and an acclaimed writer. Her expertise and brilliance in world of mamatical calculations earned her a place in 1982 edition of Guinness Book Of World Records.

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• Shakuntala Devi release time: Shakuntala Devi released on Amazon Prime on July 31, 2020, at 12 am, midnight.

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