She was last seen in the ensemble cast Mission Mangal. For her fans, who were left hungry for more, the recently released Shakuntala Devi on Amazon Prime is a treat. Vidya Balan shines, and how. Acting in her second biopic—she had earlier played the sultry Silk Smitha in The Dirty Picture—Balan says it was challenging to play the role of mathematician and writer Shakuntala Devi. And more still because the character ages from 25 to 60 on-screen. But perhaps the biggest challenge, Balan believes, was doing the Maths shows. “Shakuntala Devi was good with numbers. Though director Anu Menon had kept the script ready with all the answers, it was difficult for me to rattle off the numbers so easily and with such speed. At the same time, I had to make the scenes look full of fun,” she says.
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