Stills from Tamil movie- Ramanujan | Entertainment, Kollywood Published Apr 27, 2014, 4:58 pm IST Updated Apr 27, 2014, 4:58 pm IST

Ramanujan is an upcoming biographical film based on the life of renowned Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. The film has been shot back to back in Tamil and English languages.



Ramanujan has been produced by the independent Indian production house Camphor Cinema. Gnana Rajasekaran directed and also penned the screenplay for the film.



The cast consists of South Indian and British film, stage and screen personalities.



It marks the film debut of Abhinay Vaddi, the grandson of veteran Tamil film actor Gemini Ganesan, as the main protagonist.



Set in the early 1900s, the film traces the life of the prodigal math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan from the time he was a young Tamil Brahmin to his years in England, where he attended Cambridge University during World War I.



The film follows his relationships with his mother Komalatammal, his wife Janaki, and his collaborator Professor G. H. Hardy.



The film will also showcase how Indian society viewed a mathematician of such great stature.

