#Shakuntala Devi Biopic

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Shakuntala Devi's Daughter Anupama Reaction On Vidya Balan Look

विद्या के लुक से इंप्रेस हुईं शकुंतला देवी की बेटी अनुपमा, कहा- मां की याद दिला दी

अनु मेनन के निर्देशन में बन रही फिल्म "शकुंतला देवी" में विद्या बालन लीड रोल में नजर आएंगी। कुछ दिन पहले ही उन्होंने अपनी फिल्म का पहला पोस्टर शेयर किया था, जिसे लोगों ने काफी पसंद किया। शकुंतला के किरदार में विद्या बिल्कुल शकुंतला की तरह ही नजर आ रही थीं। विद्या के इस लुक को जब दिवंगत शकुंतला देवी की बेटी अनुपमा देवी ने देखा को वह बहुत खुश हुईं।

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असल जिंदगी में कौन हैं शकुंतला देवी की बेटी, कहां हैं और क्या करती हैं?

असल जिंदगी में कौन हैं शकुंतला देवी की बेटी, कहां हैं और क्या करती हैं?

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विद्या बालन स्टारर बायोपिक फिल्म (Biopic Movie) शकुंतला देवी के पिछले दिनों एमेज़ॉन प्राइम पर रिलीज़ होने के बाद से मानव कंप्यूटर कही जाने वाली शकुंतला देवी के जीवन के बारे में काफी चर्चाएं हैं. न केवल गणितज्ञ (Mathematician) बल्कि एक फेमिनिस्ट (Feminist) के तौर पर भी शकुंतला देवी को पहचाना गया और इस फिल्म के ज़रिये उन्हें एक मां के ज़रिये भी करीब से समझा जा रहा है. उस ज़माने में जब भारत…

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असल जिंदगी में कौन हैं शकुंतला देवी की बेटी, कहां हैं और क्या करती हैं?

असल जिंदगी में कौन हैं शकुंतला देवी की बेटी, कहां हैं और क्या करती हैं?

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विद्या बालन स्टारर बायोपिक फिल्म (Biopic Movie) शकुंतला देवी के पिछले दिनों एमेज़ॉन प्राइम पर रिलीज़ होने के बाद से मानव कंप्यूटर कही जाने वाली शकुंतला देवी के जीवन के बारे में काफी चर्चाएं हैं. न केवल गणितज्ञ (Mathematician) बल्कि एक फेमिनिस्ट (Feminist) के तौर पर भी शकुंतला देवी को पहचाना गया और इस फिल्म के ज़रिये उन्हें एक मां के ज़रिये भी करीब से समझा जा रहा है. उस ज़माने में जब भारत…

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Guinness World Records awards Shakuntala Devi with certificate for ‘fastest human computation’ four decades later  : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama On Thursday, a day before the release of Shakuntala Devi: The Human Computer, the Guinness World Records honoured Indian Mathematical genius Shakuntala Devi with the long overdue title for ‘fastest human computation’.

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Vidya Balan: Shakuntala Devi was a fearless woman with a wicked sense of humour

Vidya Balan: Shakuntala Devi was a fearless woman with a wicked sense of humour

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Written by A. Kameshwari | New Delhi | Updated: July 30, 2020 4:02:36 pm

Vidya Balan in and as Shakuntala Devi. (Photo: Vidya Balan/Instagram)

Bollywood actor Vidya Balanis all set to impress the audience with her performance in Shakuntala Devi, also starring Sanya Malhotra, Amit Sadh and Jisshu Sengupta. The Anu Menon…

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‘शकुंतला देवी’ ने पकड़ ली थी कंप्यूटर की गलती, यूं मिला था उन्हें ‘ह्यूमन कंप्यूटर’ का खिताब शकुंतला देवी (Shakuntala Devi) ने कंप्यूटर द्वारा की गई गलती को किया था हाईलाइट खास बातें

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How Vidya Balan’s look in ‘Shakuntala Devi’ was created

Actress Vidya Balan sports five distinct looks to represent the different phases of the life of her titular protagonist in the upcoming film Shakuntala Devi.

The people behind Vidya’s various looks — Shreyas Mhatre, Shalaka Bhosle and Niharika Bhasin — had to research immensely to showcase the character in the most authentic manner.

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.

“I had to create different looks based on Shakuntala Devi’s age in the film. I did research on Shakuntala Devi, went through her pictures and tried to match Vidya’s look with her face. After a lot of discussions with Vidya and the director, I settled down for these five looks,” Mhatre said.

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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Shakuntala Devi’s trailer arrives on July 15, watch Vidya Balan’s short teaser declaring ‘there are no rules in maths, only magic’

Shakuntala Devi’s trailer arrives on July 15, watch Vidya Balan’s short teaser declaring ‘there are no rules in maths, only magic’

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Actor Vidya Balan took to Twitter to announce the unveiling of the trailer of her upcoming biopic on math wizard Shakuntala Devi. She also released a short teaser to make the announcement.

The teaser features the poster of the film. In the teaser, she says how in maths “there are no rules, just magic” before saying that the trailer arrives tomorrow (Wednesday, July 15). She also…

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Shakuntala Devi’s trailer arrives on July 15, watch Vidya Balan’s short teaser declaring ‘there are no rules in maths, only magic’

Shakuntala Devi’s trailer arrives on July 15, watch Vidya Balan’s short teaser declaring ‘there are no rules in maths, only magic’

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Actor Vidya Balan took to Twitter to announce the unveiling of the trailer of her upcoming biopic on math wizard Shakuntala Devi. She also released a short teaser to make the announcement.

The teaser features the poster of the film. In the teaser, she says how in maths “there are no rules, just magic” before saying that the trailer arrives tomorrow (Wednesday, July 15). She also…

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Vidya Balan starrer Shakuntala Devi biopic to release on July 31? : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama The makers of Vidya Balan and Sanya Malhotra starrer Shakuntala Devi- Human Computer had announced a few weeks earlier that the film will skip the theatrical release and go for a direct to digital release owing to the prevailing situations.

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After ‘Gulabo Sitabo’, now Vidya Balan starrer ‘Shakuntala Devi’ biopic to enjoy a digital release - Times of India

After ‘Gulabo Sitabo’, now Vidya Balan starrer ‘Shakuntala Devi’ biopic to enjoy a digital release – Times of India

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Bollywood actress Vidya Balan will be next seen in essaying the role Shakuntala Devi also known as Human-computer. The film was supposed to release in May 2020 but due to the ongoing lockdown, all the films have taken a back seat.

But fans can rejoice the return of movies, as after Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann Khurrana’s ‘Gulabo Sitabo’, Vidya’s ‘Shakuntala Devi’ is also set to release…

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Vidya Balan starrer Shakuntala Devi biopic to premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video Image Source : INSTAGRAM/ VIDYA BALAN The film also stars Sanya Malhotra, who will be seen playing the role of Shakuntala Devi’s daughter.

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Vidya Balan starrer Shakuntala Devi biopic to release on July 31? : Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama The makers of Vidya Balan and Sanya Malhotra starrer Shakuntala Devi- Human Computer had announced a few weeks earlier that the film will skip the theatrical release and go for a direct to digital release owing to the prevailing situations.

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The "humane" computer - Shakuntala Devi...

On 31st July this year, Prime Video will premiere a movie, a biopic, of the legendary human computer from Bengaluru - Shakuntala Devi, portrayed by the inimitable Vidya Balan. I am excited about the premiere.

As a kid, I had solved a few (only a few!) of the puzzles in her book - Puzzles to puzzle you. By the way, Shakuntala Devi was a prolific writer. Though she was known for her maths problem-solving books, she has authored quite a few books in the other genres.

It surprised me to learn that Shakuntala Devi had no formal education. She came from an under- privileged background. Three months into her schooling, she had to discontinue because her father couldn't pay her school fees. She never went back to school. But she travelled the world, spoke exceptional English, wrote books, broke records and became an international personality.

Her father was a circus trapeze artist. When she was three years old, he observed that Shakuntala had a knack for numbers. She could remember numbers on cards and was quick with calculations. He was convinced she was a prodigy when, at the age of five, she could do cube roots. So he quit his low paying circus act and started doing roadshows showcasing her talent with numbers. Soon, she started earning good money.

At the age of six, she began to display her talent in promininent universities like Mysore university, Annamalai university, Osmania university and Andhra university.

By the time she was 15 years, her father took her international. In 1944, she went to London. There was no looking back. Her fame spread as she toured the United States, Hong Kong, Japan, Sri Lanka, Italy, Canada, Russia, France, Spain, Mauritius, Indonesia, and Malaysia.

Some of her shows have attained legendary status. Here are a few stories from her lore:

1. Finding the 23rd root of a 201 digit number in 50 seconds, when it had taken a professor four minutes to write the question on the black board, and it had taken a UNIVAC computer more than a minute to arrive at the answer!!!

2. Once she was asked to multiply two randomly picked 13 digit numbers - 7,686,369,774,870 × 2,465,099,745,779. She gave the correct answer within 28 seconds. This incident booked her a place in the ‘Guinness Book of Records’ in 1982.

3. She had featured on the BBC show where the host, Leslie Mitchell, presented her a complex math problem. Shakuntala solved the problem within a few seconds but the host said that her answer was incorrect as it didn’t match the answer which was calculated by their team. Later, the host realised that Shakuntala’s answer was correct. After the incident, she was titled as “The Human Computer.”

There is another side to this lady that I got to know recently. And my respect for her grew multi-fold.

She got married in 1960 to an IAS officer from Kolkata, Paritosh Banerjee. They have a daughter, Anupama Banerjee. However, they got divorced in 1979.

In 1977, she authored a book, The world of homosexuals, which is widely regarded as the pioneering book which spoke about and supported the LGBT community, 36 years before the Supreme court of India decriminalized homosexuality.

In this book, she advocated that homosexuality was as old as humanity, it was not immoral, homosexuals are just different and needed to be accepted as such. It turns out that the inspiration for this book was her husband, Paritosh, who was himself a homosexual.

Looks like the 'human computer' had a humane side too that needs to be acknowledged. Respect!

Shakuntala Devi was also an astrologer. She wrote a few books on astrology too.

After she died, somebody put it this nice little tribute , which said her newspaper ads on her astrological services will be missed.

Shakuntala Devi died in 2013, at the age of 83, in Bangalore of respiratory, heart and kidney failures. On 4th November that year, Google commemorated her birth anniversary with a doodle.

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Bollywood & Biopics

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From Mary Kom to The Legend of Bhagat Singh, biopics have always been a quintessential part of Bollywood. Almost always guaranteeing a big box-office number, these movies attract the public eyes to untold stories. The actors playing the pivotal roles gain stardom for their capability and the directors gain certification of a good director from the public. Over the years, there have been many masterpieces in this genre (like Chak De! India and Shahid) and some... well... not masterpieces (like Azhar and Haseena Parkar) but regardless, they gain a fair amount of media coverage and love from the audiences. However, I’ve recently noticed a large number of biopics going on production (mostly the ones on the picture before but other ones include 83, Prithviraj, an unnamed Saina Nehwal movie, and Gunjan Saxena) and I just cannot help but ask; why are there so many biopics under production now? What started the trend and why is it still so prevalent? 

Looking At The Numbers

Firstly, let’s look at things from a producer’s standpoint: to both earn money and provide an unforgettable movie-going experience, they need to invest in a project that has previously proved its engagement with audiences. Other than the holy trinity of genres I call RAD (romance, action, drama), a very prevalent and successful genre is a biopic. Take the last decade as an example; it started out with the promising Dirty Picture and  Paan Singh Tomar. After a row of impressive biopics back-to-back, Dangal hit the theatres in 2016 and became the highest-grossing Bollywood (Hindi) movie ever with a whopping ₹2,024 crores worldwide. This groundbreaking movie signifies the marketability of a biopic and how much it attracts the public. Even more so, in later years other movies like Sanju and Padmaavat have gained a considerable amount of revenue, further backing up this argument. So long story short, over the last decade, biopics have continuously proven that they are highly marketable and can gain a lot of money. Like, a lot.

Gaining Credibility

Other than the numbers, another thing biopics are known for is giving actors acting credibility (and by credibility I mean the gaining respect an actor gets from critics, audiences, and other individuals in the industry, not from the money the movie gains). An actor who exactly embodies what I am trying to convey is Rajkummar Rao. After his debut in Love, Sex Aur Dhoka, his later roles were either supporting characters in successes or main characters in flops. Although many critics praised his performance in these movies, he was still unable to gain respect as a leading man in Bollywood. That was until Shahid rolled around the corner. The movie was about a Muslim lawyer named Shahid Azmi and although it was a flop, Rao was immensely praised for his performance. He later received the Filmfare Award for Best Actor and National Award for Best Actor along with Suraj Venjaramoodu. After that, Rao was finally regarded as a serious actor and delivered other memorable performances in movies like Queen, Bareily Ki Barfi, and Newton. It’s not just the actors who gain credibility from biopics; the directors do too. Meghna Gulzar is a prime example of that. Before she made the critically acclaimed Talvar about the 2008 Noida double murder case, she made movies like Filhaal..., Just Married, and Dus Kahanniyan. According to the IMDB ratings, the movies weren’t that great, having an average of 5.6/10. But when you look at the IMDB rating of Talvar (8.2/10), it’s almost hard to believe it is from the same director.

Endorsing That Guy

Another sad and unfortunate reason as to why biopics are popular nowadays (albeit quite small) is because of endorsing or enlightening a famous figure’s public image. A few I can think of off the top of my head are PM Narendra Modi, Azhar, and Sanju. In all of these cases, the creative decision is to focus on other aspects of the person’s life, like in Azhar, the creators focused on the cricketer’s personal life rather than the match-fixing scandal which banned him from the ICC and BCCI for life. Another trend I see is them bending certain facts of their history to make them appear helpless. To avoid being political, in Sanju it was shown that Dutt first started using drugs on the set of his first movie Rocky with the fictional character of Zubin when in reality, he started using them in high school with his friends. Although a few of these alterations can be easily looked over, it falters the delivery of the movie's final message and not to mention distracts the audience members from the otherwise engaging aspects of the movie. It just feels like the movie has a hidden agenda, which pulls us out of the movie immediately.

Outro

In my opinion, biopic movies are a blessing from whatever is above. It shows us how there are hidden gems amongst the generally depressing world and how inspiration can be found anywhere. The delivery of their message is also much more effective than that of a fictional story because it is marketed to be real. However, sometimes overdoing it can lose the magic behind a biopic and the formula of the story soon becomes stale and overdone. I do think Bollywood is heading that way with their next row of biopics, but I’m still excited to watch many of these movies. Hopefully, these movies will prove me wrong and the formula isn’t stale and dry. Also, let me know what you guys think of biopics. Do you generally like most of them or do you think there are way too many to keep track of? Thank you so much for making it this far into the post. Wash your hands and practice social distancing :)

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