Vidya Balan: 'You have to capture the essence of the person while doing a biopic'

Vidya Balan

Vidya Balan is playing the lead role in 'Human Computer' Shakuntala Devi's biopic and the actress says that when one is doing a biopic, it's important to capture the essence of the person instead of just imitating them.

Vidya Balan shared, "You know, when you do a biopic, it’s more the essence of the person that needs to get captured. You don’t imitate the person or mimic the person. I think that was a big learning."

Sharing a memory of one of her characters 'Silk' from The Dirty Picture, Vidya said, “I remember Milan Luthria telling me I don’t look like Silk Smitha. Similarly, I don’t look like Shakuntala. So the important thing was to capture the essence of the person."

Directed by Anu Menon, the biographical drama also stars Sanya Malhotra, Jisshu Sengupta and Amit Sadh in key roles. The film will release on July 31 on Amazon Prime Video.