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Ritika Kohli

3 years ago

Movie Review - Shakuntala Devi

Shankuntala Devi’ not only explores the mathematician’s fascinating relationship with numbers but her relationships beyond it also – especially her life as a mother and a lady . If Shankuntala Devi’s intriguing journey which started off as a three-year-old solving difficult math problems and doing her own shows across schools wasn't remarkable enough – her fearless and independent spirit as a girl within the 1950’s, who lived by her own rules adds to her dazzling persona. One which she fiercely protects through every stage of her life.‘Why should I be normal, once I are often amazing?’ Shakuntala Devi (Vidya Balan) asks her daughter Anupama (Sanya Malhotra), when during a skirmish the later questions why she can’t be a ‘normal’ mother.