![]() ![]() Patel, too, has a natural warmth that tempers his character's slight egotism and ultimately brings home the tragedy of Ramanujan's short life. Were it not for the British actors' sterling performances (Irons does a great job of softening Hardy's edges), the whole affair would be rather too dry and academic. The significance of these findings needs plenty of explaining in dialogue between Hardy and faculty member JE Littlewood (Toby Jones) and also Jeremy Northam as Bertrand Russell. On the eve of the First World War, Ramanujan is brought across the seas from India to England, where Professor GH Hardy (Jeremy Irons) is keen to work on proofs to equations that Ramanujan has mailed him. Slumdog Millionnaire star Dev Patel has few blessings to count in this earnest portrait of genius mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, whose pioneering research didn't protect him from racist treatment at Cambridge University. ![]()
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