Shakuntala Devi is an upcoming Indian Hindi-language biographical film directed and written by Anu Menon and produced by Sony Pictures Networks India and Vikram Malhotra under his banner Abundantia Entertainment. The film stars Vidya Balan as Shakuntala Devi, who was also known as the "human computer" along with Jisshu Sengupta, Sanya Malhotra and Amit Sadh.
Principal photography began on 16 September 2019 and was wrapped up on 20 November 2019. Shakuntala Devi is written by Anu Menon along with Nayanika Mahtani, and the dialogues are penned by Ishita Moitra; the film was scheduled to be theatrically released in India on 8 May 2020.Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film will not be released theatrically and will stream worldwide on 31 July 2020 on Prime Video.
Cast :
Vidya Balan as Shakuntala Devi
Jisshu Sengupta as Paritosh Banerji, Shakuntala's husband
Sanya Malhotra as Anupama Banerji, Shakuntala's daughter
Amit Sadh as Ajay, Anupama's husband
Release :
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the film will not be released theatrically and will stream on Prime Video worldwide on 31 July 2020. Vidya Balan expressed her delight on social media platforms regarding the release of the movie on the OTT platforms.
Music :
The film's music was composed by Sachin–Jigar while lyrics were written by Vayu and Priya Saraiya,
Director: Anu Menon
Narrated by: Shahrukh Khan
Screenplay: Anu Menon, Nayanika Mahtani
Music director: Tanishk Bagchi, Sachin–Jigar
Trailer :
Shakuntala Devi - Official Trailer | Vidya Balan, Sanya Malhotra | Amazon Prime Video | July 31
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The World premiere of "Shakuntala Devi - The True Story of India’s Math Genius"
A Sony Pictures Networks Productions & Abundantia Entertainment production, A Genius Films Production
Starring Vidya Balan, Sanya Malhotra, Amit Sadh, Jisshu Sengupta and others.
World Premiere - 31st July 2020, exclusive release only on Amazon Prime Video
Directed by - Anu Menon
Produced by - Sony Pictures Networks Productions & Vikram Malhotra
Co-Produced by - Shikhaa Sharma
Story & Screenplay by - Anu Menon, Nayanika Mahtani
Dialogues by - Ishita Moitra
Associate Producer - Raedita Tandan
Executive Producers - Seher Aly Latif, Shivani Saran
Director of Photography - Keiko Nakahara
Editor - Antara Lahiri
Production Design - Vintee Bansal, Meenal Agarwal
Music - Sachin-Jigar
Lyrics - Vayu, Priya Saraiya
Original Background Score - Karan Kulkarni
Sound Design - Roland Heap, Udit Duseja
Casting - Sehe Aly Latif CSA, Castink
Costume Design - Niharika Bhasin
Hair & Make-up Design - Vikram Gainkward, Shreyas Mhatre
Choreography - Shampa Gopikrishna, Vijay Ganguly
Lead VFX Supervisor - Sam Bhattarcharjee (Do It Creative Ltd.), Vinay Singh Chuphal (Future Works Media Ltd.)
DI Colour Lab - Future Works Media Ltd.
DI Colourist - Andreas Brueckl
Post Supervisor - Santosh Nayak
Post Producer - Mithun D'souza
Visual Promotions - Trigger Happy
Publicity design - House of AWE
Media Consultant - Sanchita Trivedi (Idhyah)
Digital Marketing - The Small Big Idea
Music Label - Zee Music Co
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