How Vidya Balan's Look In 'Shakuntala Devi' Was Created
4 years, 5 months ago

How Vidya Balan's Look In 'Shakuntala Devi' Was Created

News 18  

Vidya Balan sports five distinct looks to represent the different phases of the life of her titular protagonist in the upcoming film Shakuntala Devi. Mhatre, who took care of the make-up, told IANS that he went through Shakuntala Devi's pictures and tried to match it with Vidya. In the film, based on the life of the late Shakuntala Devi, who is widely revered as the human computer for her innate ability to make complex mathematical calculations within seconds, Vidya flaunts long hair to a short bob in different phases. Shalaka Bhosle told IANS that the film essentially captures the different stages of Shakuntala Devi's life between 1940s and the 2000s.

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Vidya Balan recalls the time when a producer made her feel ugly
2 years, 9 months ago

Vidya Balan recalls the time when a producer made her feel ugly

Hindustan Times  

Vidya Balan has said that she was once made to feel so ugly that she did not have the courage to look at herself in the mirror. Vidya, who will be next seen in investigation thriller Jalsa alongside Shefali Shah, also recalled that there was one particular replacement that made her so enraged that she walked straight from Marine Drive …

Vidya Balan Recalls Her Struggling Days: 'Look at Her, Does She Look Like a Heroine?'
4 years, 3 months ago

Vidya Balan Recalls Her Struggling Days: 'Look at Her, Does She Look Like a Heroine?'

News 18  

Vidya Balan’s journey in Bollywood has been a roller-coaster ride. Today, she is one of the most successful actresses in B-town but once she was told that she doesn’t look like a heroine. In an interview, Vidya recalled her struggling days and revealed that once a Tamil film producer had said ‘just look at her, does she look like a …

Shakuntala Devi review: A feminist in a sexist setting
4 years, 4 months ago

Shakuntala Devi review: A feminist in a sexist setting

Deccan Chronicle  

Title: Shakuntala Devi Cast: Vidya Balan, Jisshu Sengupta, Sanya Malhotra, Amit Sadh, Prakash Belawadi Direction: Anu Menon Rating: **1/2 Playing on: Prime Video Writer-director Anu Menon’s biopic, Shakundala Devi, starring the effervescent and talented Vidya Balan, tells two stories simultaneously. Shakuntala Devi tells the story of a fiercely feminist, independent, successful woman who, in 1977, calculated the 23rd root of …

Shakuntala Devi movie review: Vidya Balan looks the part in a problematic but significant bio
4 years, 4 months ago

Shakuntala Devi movie review: Vidya Balan looks the part in a problematic but significant bio

Firstpost  

Language: 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 …

‘Shakuntala Devi’ movie review: Loud, mawkish and joyful
4 years, 4 months ago

‘Shakuntala Devi’ movie review: Loud, mawkish and joyful

The Hindu  

Shakuntala Devi had a famously high octane personality — full of laughter, quirk, impudence and wit. But unlike Devi’s innate charm and sass, the visual gimmick in the film symbolises a desperate attempt to appear upbeat and positive. The actors perform comically in sync with the film’s exaggerated tone, especially all the Caucasian actors in London during the flashbacks to …

Shakuntala Devi movie review: Vidya Balan does a tightrope walk between maths and motherhood
4 years, 4 months ago

Shakuntala Devi movie review: Vidya Balan does a tightrope walk between maths and motherhood

Hindustan Times  

Shakuntala Devi Director - Anu Menon Cast - Vidya Balan, Sanya Malhotra, Amit Sadh, Jisshu Sengupta Shakuntala Devi movie review: Vidya Balan brings depth and vibrancy to her portrayal of the world famous mathematician. Shakuntala Devi, the film, dramatises the life of the maths wizard whose bold outlines are public knowledge. The film feels functional, in a race to tell …

Sanya Malhotra on working with Vidya Balan in Shakuntala Devi: She makes the set a happy place
4 years, 4 months ago

Sanya Malhotra on working with Vidya Balan in Shakuntala Devi: She makes the set a happy place

India Today  

Sanya Malhotra would act like a complete fan girl whenever she would meet Vidya Balan at events and parties, the actress then got a chance to star with Vidya in Shakuntala Devi. On India Today’s e-Mind Rocks 2020, Sanya opened up on her experience of working with Vidya in Shakuntala Devi. Before Shakuntala Devi, whenever I would meet her at …

Shakuntala Devi: Jisshu Sengupta posts picture as Vidya Balan's husband from the mathematician's biopic
4 years, 5 months ago

Shakuntala Devi: Jisshu Sengupta posts picture as Vidya Balan's husband from the mathematician's biopic

Firstpost  

Jisshu Sengupta, who has been a part of Bollywood movies such as Barfi, Piku and Manikarnika, is gearing up for his next release Shakuntala Devi. Directed by Anu Menon and starring Vidya Balan is the titular role, the film is based on the life of Shakuntala Devi, the mathematical wizard, who was known for her ability to make incredibly swift …

Shakuntala Devi: I Only Pay Heed to My Inner Voice, Says Vidya Balan
4 years, 5 months ago

Shakuntala Devi: I Only Pay Heed to My Inner Voice, Says Vidya Balan

News 18  

Vidya Balan’s filmography boasts of unusual film choices like Kahaani, The Dirty Picture and Ishqiya, among others. When I'm getting the opportunity, I grab it with all my might," Vidya said at the virtual press conference of the launch the song Pass Nahi Toh Fail Nahi from Shakuntala Devi. Vidya says the film doesn't "dramatise" the story of Shakuntala Devi …

‘Driven, witty and with the biggest laugh’: Why Vidya Balan is perfect for the role of Shakuntala Devi
4 years, 5 months ago

‘Driven, witty and with the biggest laugh’: Why Vidya Balan is perfect for the role of Shakuntala Devi

The Hindu  

Vidya Balan has a knack to make you feel heard. Impudent yet grounded In 2016, when Devi’s daughter, Anupama Banerji, asked filmmaker Anu Menon who she had in mind to play her mother, Menon instantly named Balan. “Both Shakuntala Devi and Vidya have the ability to listen to their inner voice, go after it unapologetically, own their successes and failures, …

Vidya Balan: ‘You don’t judge the male genius for anything except his genius’
4 years, 5 months ago

Vidya Balan: ‘You don’t judge the male genius for anything except his genius’

Live Mint  

In two films in 2011, Vidya Balan played very different real-life figures: the softcore star Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture and Sabrina Lal, Jessica Lal’s determined sister, in No One Killed Jessica. The trailer highlights Devi’s uncanny ability to solve complex mathematical problems in seconds—a skill that brought her fame on TV and college campuses—while suggesting that the emotional …

Who is Shakuntala Devi, India's Human-Computer Whose Math Prowess Inspired Vidya Balan Movie?
4 years, 5 months ago

Who is Shakuntala Devi, India's Human-Computer Whose Math Prowess Inspired Vidya Balan Movie?

News 18  

Vidya Balan won praise for her portrayal of globally renowned mathematical savant Shakuntala Devi in the recently released trailer of the film Shakuntala Devi. In the short clip, Devi is shown as a wonder woman who answers complex mathematical problems within seconds. The miracle woman also holds a Guinness Book World Record for correctly multiplying two randomly selected 13-digit numbers …

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