The Man Who Knew Infinity - Trailer

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Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar was a mathematical prodigy as a child, his knowledge and understanding of numbers far superseding that of the college-age lodgers that lived in his poverty stricken home in Madras, India. It was no wonder then, that the turn of the 20th century saw him admitted to one of Britain's most prestigious educational institutions; Trinity College, Cambridge. Endorsed by veteran professor G. H. Hardy, Ramanujan left his wife and family in India to follow his dream in England, becoming a mathematical pioneer and inventing innumerable theorems that baffled even the most senior of his peers. Unfortunately, Ramanujan and Hardy didn't make the best of collaborators; while the former strongly believed in his faith and often relied on his own intuition, the latter was deeply atheistic and only focused on definitive, provable fact. Thus, he was frequently quick to point out his Indian protege's mistakes of which there were many, amongst some of the genuine mathematical breakthroughs.

'The Man Who Knew Infinity' is an upcoming biopic based on the life and education of an Indian Cambridge student, which was well-documented in the 1991 biographical book 'The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan' by Robert Kanigel. Set during World War I, it has been written and directed by Matt Brown ('Ropewalk'), who is also currently working on the biopic of James Bond creator Ian Fleming.