Hollywood and Bollywood's Cinematic Tribute to Mathematics and Ramanujan
The birthday of Srinivas Ramanujan, the Great Indian Mathematician of all time, is marked on 22 November as National Mathematics Day in India. That is ofcourse a befitting tribute to a maths genius like Ramanujan, given unto him by his motherland. However, a fitting tribute to this Maths Genius has come in form of 2 movies, made by Hollywood and Bollywood each. Both these movies are tributes to Ramanujan's maths ingenuity and somewhere connects to him.
The movies we are talking about are ' The Man who Knew Infinity ' from Hollywood and 'Super 30' from Bollywood.
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1) 'The Man Who Knew Infinity' is a 2015 drama film based on the life of Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. This is actually a book converted to a movie.
Dev Patel, actor of Slumdog Millionaire movie, stars as Srinivasa Ramanujan, a real-life mathematician, growing up in Madras in India. He earns entry to the prestigious Cambridge University during World War I.
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He pioneers in Mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G. H. Hardy.
The story of the life and academics of the pioneer Indian mathematician, Srininvasa Ramanujan and his friendship with Mentor, G.H.Hardy is worth a watch.
credit: dailymail.co.uk2) A To-be-released film in 2019, Super 30 is a movie based on a Project ' Super 30 ' which was a prestigious educational program started in Patna, India. The project was started under the banner of the Prestigious 'Ramanujan School of Mathematics'.
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