I hope I remember this correctly. Once, My Grandfather and couple of his colleagues hosted a dinner party for Shakuntala Devi ji in Shimla. My grandmother cooked the dinner but didn’t joined them in eating. Shakuntala Devi Ji liked the dinner so she asked ho had cooked the food et cetera and my grandfather proudly told her about amazing culinary skill of my grandmother.

Then she asked the most obvious question, “why my grandmother was not eating with them” and when she came to know that my grandmother was hesitant of them, she went inside to meet my grandmother and tell that her culinary skill is unmatchable and she should never be hesitant of anyone.

This story was told to me by my elder brother
He wanted me to solve one of the puzzles from her one of the books and I have no hesitation in telling the world that I’m mathematically challenged.

So, the Shakuntala Devi I knew from the story that my brother has told me is the Shakuntala Devi I found in the movie. Strong, independent, fun.

Vidya Balan is an outstanding actor. Whatever I would speak of her would be way too little to express how amazing she is at her job. And this clearly depicts that I’m not very good at writing praises.

I watched the movie based on her, Shakuntala Devi, with my two brothers. I have zero knowledge of movie making so I won’t comment on its nuances, but what I can say confidentiality is that I enjoyed the movie.

We also watched Raat akeli hai starring Nawazudin Sidqui, Radhika Apte and many more amazing actors. But more on this later.