Ramanujan

A prodigious Indian mathematician has to overcome poverty and prejudices and make a mark with the help of his British mentor.

Cast

Abhinay Vaddi

as Srinivasa Ramanujan

Suhasini Maniratnam

as Komalatammal

Bhama

as Janaki

Nizhalgal Ravi

as Srinivasa Raghavan

Kevin McGowan

as G. H. Hardy

Abbas

as Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis

Y. G. Mahendran

as S. Narayana Iyer

Sarath Babu

as Diwan Bahadur R. Ramachandra Rao I. C. S.

Radha Ravi

as Prof. Singaravelu Mudaliar

Thalaivasal Vijay

as Sathiyapriya Rayar

Reviews

timesofindia

In the opening minutes of Ramanujan, we see the young Ramanujan posing a trick question to his mathematics teacher in school and embarrassing him. We then see him teach a thing or two about mathematics to a couple of priests in the temple, trigonometry to the college students staying in his house an...

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