Sony Pictures Networks Production and Abundantia Entertainment’s Shakuntala Devi stars Vidya Balan. She plays Shankuntala Devi who was also known as the human computer because of her mathematical genius. Anu Menon directs the film which is based on a story and screenplay written jointly by her and Nayanika Mahtani. Dialogues: Ishita Moitra. The film went before the camera earlier this week.