Summary
Based on the life of Shakuntala Devi who is a well-known mathematical genius and calculating progidy from India. She has been nicknamed 'Human Computer' because of her extraordinary talent and skill in solving complex mathematical problems without any mechanical aid.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics and audiences agree
Critics 73Audiences 72GoodWatch 71
Tomatometer73%
Audience score81%
IMDb6.2
Running time
2 h 7 min
Longer than most dramas, +18 min on the typical 109
typical 109127Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
Streams in 7 countries, rent or buy in 87 more
Released
2020
July 31, 2020
6 years ago
Genres
DramaFamilyComedyLanguage
Hindi
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishMade in
- India
19 of 19
Vidya BalanShakuntala Devi
Sanya MalhotraAnupama Banerji
Jisshu SenguptaParitosh Banerji
Amit SadhAjay Abhaya Kumar
Luca CalvaniJavier
Sheeba ChaddhaTarabai
Prakash BelawadiShakuntala's Father- ICIpshita Chakraborty SinghShakuntala's Mother
Ahan NirbanSrinivas
Chahat TejwaniYoung Anu
Nisha AaliyaBookshop Interviewer
Max DowlerBBC Host
Phillip RoyMr. Stevens - Shakuntala's lawyer
Alex BartramEdward
Purnendu BhattacharyaAjay's Father
Neil BhoopalamDheeraj- IBIan BailleyMediator
Jon WenningtonMathematician (uncredited)- MMMarianne MarchBarbara Jensen
Directing · 1
- Anu Menon Director, Writer
Writing · 3
- Nayanika Mahtani Writer
- Ishita Moitra Dialogue
- Vayu Lyricist
Production · 3
- Seher Aly Latif Executive Producer
- Shivani Saran Executive Producer
- Pearl Gill Line Producer
Camera · 1
- Keiko Nakahara Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Antara Lahiri Editor
Sound · 3
- Karan Kulkarni Original Music Composer
- Jigar Saraiya Songs
- Sachin Sanghvi Songs
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