Published 09:15 IST, July 24th 2020

Vidya Balan talks about being Shakuntala Devi on screen, calls it 'most complicated role'

Vidya Balan's upcoming movie 'Shakuntala Devi' is releasing soon. The actor recently talked about her experience of stepping into the shoes of Shakuntala Devi.

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Vidya Balan’s upcoming movie Shakuntala Devi has created a major buzz after trailer of movie released. In a recent interview with a fashion magazine, Vidya Balan shared what kind of a person Shakuntala Devi was and how she mand to justify Shakuntala’s character on-screen. actor said that Shakuntala Devi h an immensely wicked sense of humour.

Vidya Balan talks about Shakuntala Devi's personality traits

Vidya Balan mentioned that she never associated a sense of humour with Maths. She ded that kwing Shakuntala Devi was like peeling an onion, layer after layer new things get revealed about her. Vidya Balan informed that she discovered new sides and aspects to her personality that she obviously didn’t kw existed. actor called her role ' most complicated and complex character' that she played on screen.

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Furrmore, Vidya Balan said that while performing Shakuntala’s character, one of toughest parts was to grasp mamatic bit of whole deal. She mentioned that Shakuntala Devi me mamatics fun and look so easy, however, she h idea how to make it look that fun. Balan ded that Shakuntala Devi has always been good with maths but she still couldn’t comprehend how famous mamatician me it seem so enjoyable.

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"I love biopics": Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan has been a part of two biopics before Shakuntala Devi that is Dirty Picture and Telugu superstar NTR’s biopic. Talking about being a part of biopics,  actor mentioned that she enjoy biopics. She continued that Dirty Picture really helped her clarify some confusion regarding challenges that come with taking on biographical roles.

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Vidya Balan furr said that when an actor is portraying a real-life character on-screen, one needs to really capture essence of person. She ded that effort goes in capturing ir essence and that’s what she has tried to do in Shakuntala Devi. She continued that an actor needs to opt mannerisms that one can make ir own.

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ding to that, she said that an actor doesn’t want to mimic that person, but needs some of those characteristic traits of person to kw what that person was like. Talking about female crew, Vidya Balan said that cinematographer is a woman, costume designer is a woman, editor is a woman, and even one of producers is a woman. She continued that re were many women on sets of Shakuntala Devi and feminine energy was bubbling all around and she loved that.

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09:15 IST, July 24th 2020