<p>Well-known singer M D Pallavi has recalled an interesting anecdote about Shakuntala Devi, the ‘human computer’ whose biopic is now streaming.</p>.<p>Shakuntala Devi was keen to act in plays, and did some stage shows with Pallavi’s grandfather A S Murthy as the narrator. </p>.<p>Shakuntala’s father was against it. Pallavi says: ‘Every Saturday sweets would arrive from my great grandfather’s house. Once, my grandmother distributed the sweets and gave one to Shakuntala Devi. She took it home.”</p>.<p>It turns out the math genius’s father took the sweet to the police station and filed a complaint, saying Murthy’s family, living in Hanumanthanagar, was trying to poison her. Murthy, a popular radio and theatre personality, and his wife were called to the police station. The policeman questioning them looked around for the allegedly poisonous sweet.</p>.<p>“But they couldn’t find it. One of the cops then confessed he had eaten it up. The case was dismissed,” Pallavi says.<br /> “My grandfather was nicknamed ‘Akashavani Eeranna’ and his voice was popular on radio. He donned the character of a villager and discussed and debated many things. The show was a big hit.”</p>.<p>In Shakuntala’s shows with Murthy, people would give her complicated sums and she would solve them.</p>
<p>Well-known singer M D Pallavi has recalled an interesting anecdote about Shakuntala Devi, the ‘human computer’ whose biopic is now streaming.</p>.<p>Shakuntala Devi was keen to act in plays, and did some stage shows with Pallavi’s grandfather A S Murthy as the narrator. </p>.<p>Shakuntala’s father was against it. Pallavi says: ‘Every Saturday sweets would arrive from my great grandfather’s house. Once, my grandmother distributed the sweets and gave one to Shakuntala Devi. She took it home.”</p>.<p>It turns out the math genius’s father took the sweet to the police station and filed a complaint, saying Murthy’s family, living in Hanumanthanagar, was trying to poison her. Murthy, a popular radio and theatre personality, and his wife were called to the police station. The policeman questioning them looked around for the allegedly poisonous sweet.</p>.<p>“But they couldn’t find it. One of the cops then confessed he had eaten it up. The case was dismissed,” Pallavi says.<br /> “My grandfather was nicknamed ‘Akashavani Eeranna’ and his voice was popular on radio. He donned the character of a villager and discussed and debated many things. The show was a big hit.”</p>.<p>In Shakuntala’s shows with Murthy, people would give her complicated sums and she would solve them.</p>