Dev Patel is one of the brightest young acting talents and he is set to return to the big screen this autumn with the upcoming The Man Who Knew Infinity.
The Man Who Knew Infinity
The Man Who Knew Infinity is based on the 1991 book of the same name by Robert Kanigel and sees Patel take on the real-life role of Srinivasa Ramanujan. Ramanujan is a mathematician who grew up in India and comes to Cambridge University during the First World War.
The movie marks the return of Matt Brown to the director's chair for his second feature film; which comes sixteen years after he made his debut with Ropewalk back in 2000.
The brand new trailer for The Man Who Knew Infinity has arrived and we have it for you to take a look at:
Brown has brought together a terrific cast as Jeremy Irons is set to star alongside Patel. Irons takes on the role of G.H. Hardy, a university tutor who takes Ramanujan under his wing and guides him.
Stephen Fry, Toby Jones, Jeremy Northam, Kevin McNally, and Devika Bhise are all also on board.
Colonial India, 1913. Srinavasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) is a 25-year-old shipping clerk and self-taught genius, who failed out of college due to his near-obsessive, solitary study of mathematics. Determined to pursue his passion despite rejection and derision from his peers, Ramanujan writes a letter to G. H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons), an eminent British mathematics professor at Trinity College, Cambridge. Hardy recognizes the originality and brilliance of Ramanujan's raw talent and despite the scepticism of his colleagues, undertakes bringing him to Cambridge so that his theories can be explored.
Ramanujan leaves his family, his community, and his beloved young bride, Janaki (Devika Bhisé), to travel across the world to England. There, he finds understanding and a deep connection with his sophisticated and eccentric mentor. Under Hardy's guidance, Ramanujan's work evolves in ways that will revolutionize mathematics and transform how scientists explain the world. Hardy fights tirelessly to get Ramanujan the recognition and respect that he deserves but, in reality, he is as much an outcast in the traditional culture of Cambridge as he was among his peers in India.
But Ramanujan fights illness and intense homesickness to formally prove his theorems so that his work will finally be seen and believed by a mathematical establishment that is not prepared for his unconventional methods. The Man Who Knew Infinity is the improbable true story of a unique genius whose pivotal theories propelled him from obscurity into a world in the midst of war, and how he fought tirelessly to show the world the genius of his mind.
The Man Who Knew Infinity is released 8th April.
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