Cast and Crew of the Opening Film of IFFI 2015 Interact with Media
Ramanujans Passion for Mathematics Shown in the Film will Appeal to the Masses: Matthew L Brown
The Director and writer, cast and crew of the opening film The Man Who Knew Infinity interacted with the press at the Kala Academy here today. The film is based on the true story of friendship between the Indian mathematics genius Ramanujan and his professor G H Hardy at the Trinity College, Cambridge and how Professor Hardy worked to reveal the true genius of the great mathematician. Ramanujans Passion for Mathematics Shown in the Film will Appeal to the Masses: Matthew L Brown
Writer and Director of the film Matthew L Brown, Actor Dev Patel, Actor Toby Jones, Producer Edward Ramback Pressman, Producer Joe Thomas, Devika Bhise-actress playing the role of Janki and Swati Bhise, Associate Producer(India) for Cultural Authenticity and distributor for the Indian sub-continent were present at todays press conference.
In their opening brief, the celebrities felt privileged and excited to be a Part of 46th IFFI. "Slumdog kid" Dev Patel of the Slumdog Millionaire fame is the protagonist in the film.
Actor Dev Patel said I feel lucky enough to be a part of this project and bring Ramanujan back to the people of India. Replying to a question received on PIBs twitter handle Dev Patel replied In real life, my maths is 'terrible'.
Replying to a question , Matthew L Brown, said it has been a long journey that took ten years from conceiving to writing ,directing and to be a part of the IFFI 2015 here. More than science it was the human emotions that led to the making of the film, he added. In Response to a question about the mass appeal of a subject like maths chosen for the film, Mat Brown said that the passion for Mathematics in the character Ramanujan will appeal to the masses.
Earlier, introducing the cast and crew, Swati Bhise said Matthew L Brown brings Ramanujan to India, just as Attenborough brought Gandhiji through his film 'Gandhi'. She informed that Mathew took 8-9 years to conceive and script the film as he wrote it after a lot of research on Ramanujans life and keeping in mind the sensitivities and complexities of South Indian lives.
The Man Who Knew Infinity is the true story of a friendship that forever changed mathematics. In 1913, Ramanujan (Dev Patel), a self-taught Indian mathematics genius travelled to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he forged a bond with his mentor, the eccentric professor G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons), and fought against prejudice to reveal his mathematical genius to the world.
The film is based on the biography of the Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan written in 1991 by Robert Kanigel. The film had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival this year, and was also shown at the Zurich film festival.
