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Shakuntala Devi movie review: Vidya Balan looks the part in a problematic but significant bio
FirstpostLanguage: Hindi Shakuntala Devi is perhaps the most famous Indian about whom most Indians know so little. Shakuntala Devi the film, however, relies on detailed conversations Menon and her co-writer Nayanika Mahtani had with the subject’s daughter. Because Banerji and her mother, by the film’s own admission, did not get along, and though the narrative portrays them repairing that troubled relationship at some point, it comes across as an interpretation of Shakuntala Devi’s journey by someone who did not fully understand her and is loathe to admit that the bitterness and confusion still last. Shakuntala Devi the film transports us to 1930s Bangalore where the 5-year-old, unschooled Shakuntala’s ability to casually calculate complicated mathematical problems draws the attention of her father. If Shakuntala Devi remains significant despite this, it is because it is so unusual for a Hindi film to question prevalent notions that all women are naturally inclined to subsume themselves in maternity.
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