Shakuntala Devi's old video showing her solving mathematical questions goes viral

A video of mamatician Shakuntala Devi is creating a buzz on social media, video is from 1977 Doordarshan episode in which Shakuntala Devi is performing for an Indian crowd shortly after her return from a series of international performances. Recently movie on mamatician and author Shakuntala Devi was released, starring actor Vidya Balan.

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Shakuntala Devi is popularly kwn as a human-computer. She was kwn for solving complex mamatical problems in a matter of seconds without use of pen, paper, or calculator. t only this she also holds Guinness Book World Record for correctly multiplying two randomly selected 13-digit numbers within 28 seconds.

In a 35-minute, a long video shared by Prasar Bharti Archives on YouTube show Shakuntala Devi solving hard mamatical problems in seconds while interacting with audience. video has gone viral on social media, on YouTube it was seen by more than 500,000 viewers.

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Shakuntala Devi’s early life

Shakuntala Devi was born in a Kanna family. Her far was a lion tamer in a circus, who found her daughter’s ability to memorize numbers while teaching her card tricks. Shakuntala Devi showed her tremendous gift despite t having received any formal schooling. Despite her im as a mamatician, she is also kwn as a writer, who h penned more than a dozen books on mamatic puzzles.

Shakuntala Devi movie 

A movie based on Shakuntala Devi was released on July 31 by Amazon Prime and directed by Anu Men. In movie, Shakuntala Devi could be seen as a character who never settled for what society offered her. Biopic throws light into personal life of mamatician - how a Maths prodigy lived her life when she was t solving hard problems on st. film starts with teen Shakuntala solving a difficult math problem, which his neighbor is unable to do. Soon, Shakuntala is puppet of her far's order, who takes her to different schools, and uses her talent to earn a living. movie also tells teen Shakuntala is wiser than her contemporaries.

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