Chennai: Debutant Tamil actor Abhay, grandson of yesteryear actors Gemini Ganeshan and Savithri, is set to reprise the role of math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan in upcoming Tamil English bilingual 'Ramanujan'.
"Abhay will play the titular character of the math genius in the film, which will feature southern actress Bhama as his wife. The film is being simultaneously made in Tamil and English," said a statement.
"Suhasini Maniratnam will play crucial role of that of Ramanujan's mother," the statement added. Directed Gnana Rajasekaran is bringing the story of the great mathematician's extraordinary contributions to mathematical analysis on the screen. Ramanujan died in 1920 at the age of 32.
Also featuring Nizhagal Ravi, Radha Ravi, Abbas, Sarath Babu and Y G Mahendran in prominent roles, the film went on the floors recently. ...
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Almost a century after his death, Indian maths genius Srinivasa Ramanujan's cryptic deathbed theory has been proven correct and scientists say it could explain the behaviour of black holes. While on his death-bed, Ramanujan wrote a letter to his mentor, English mathematician GH Hardy in 1920, outlining several new mathematical functions never before heard of, along with a hunch about how they worked. ...
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Indian maths genius Srinivasa Ramanujan's cryptic deathbed theory-which he claimed was conceived in his dreams-has finally been proven correct, almost 100 years after he died. ...
10:12 PM, Dec 29, 2012
Celebrating Srinivasa Ramanujan's 125th birthday, Google posted a doodle on its homepage. The doodle features a boy trying to solve some mathematical equations and geometrical figures, which form the letters of the word 'Google'. But who was Srinivasa Ramanujan? ...
03:51 PM, Dec 22, 2012
To honour Srinivasa Ramanujan on his 125th birthday, Google has posted a doodle on its homepage. The doodle features a boy trying to solve some mathematical equations and geometrical figures, which form the letters of the word 'Google'. ...
12:33 PM, Dec 22, 2012
Hyderabad: The ambience at the St Anns Junior College for Girls was euphoric as former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam visited the college on Monday. He was invited to the college as a part of the ongoing National Year of Mathematics celebrations. Dr Kalam interacted with the students and inspired them in his unique way by narrating various experiences. Sharing his thoughts on Srinivasa Ramanujan, the great mathematician, after whom...
01:31 PM, Jul 31, 2012
Chennai: Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal on Monday sought a change in the country's education system which, he said, was "socially stratified" with graduates of elite universities becoming the managerial class. "Thus far we have had an education system that is socially stratified... Graduates of a few elite universities such as the IITs and IIMs become the managerial class that run the Indian state and the industry. This is changing...
03:00 PM, Dec 26, 2011
Chennai: Declaring 2012 as the 'National Mathematical year' as a tribute to maths wizard Srinivasa Ramanujan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday voiced concern over the "badly inadequate" number of competent mathematicians in the country. He also said that the perception that pursuit of mathematics does not lead to attractive career possibilities "must change." "It is a matter of concern that for a country of our size, the number of...
11:35 AM, Dec 26, 2011
Mumbai: India's mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan will be immortalised on the big screen with Roger Spottiswoode, best known for his James Bond film 'Tomorrow Never Dies', working on a movie on him having 'Rang De Basanti' actor Siddharth in the lead role. Spottiswoode, who is part of the international competition jury of the ongoing Mumbai Film Festival, says the film is not a biography of Ramanujan who died at the...
06:22 PM, Oct 16, 2011
