Hardy is a confirmed atheist, and for him math is life's intellectual and emotional obsession, a career that subsumes all else, including caring about other people. The contrasts between Hardy and Ramanujan are a large part of the film's appeal. The elegant academic milieu of Cambridge around the time of the Great War provides an attractive backdrop. Written and directed by Matthew Brown as an adaptation of the book by Robert Kanigel, The Man Who Knew Infinity is a straightforward story, deriving its power from a friendship between two men from opposite corners of the world with a shared passion for math. But living in a foreign country proves difficult, as does the distance between Ramanujan and his beloved Janaki. Nevertheless his works are inspirational, and after a difficult start the two men become friends and inspire each other. In England, Hardy finds Ramanujan capable of devising complex mathematical solutions to previously intransigent problems, but lacking the necessary discipline to develop rigorous proofs needed to satisfy academic publications. Hardy arranges for Ramanujan to study at Cambridge so they can publish together. Hardy (Jeremy Irons) of Trinity College, Cambridge. Ramanujan impresses his bosses and they place him in touch with Professor G. Disadvantaged by a lack of advanced education, he eventually finds a job as a lowly accounting clerk and is better able to support his wife Janaki (Devika Bhise). In Madras, India, early in the 20th century, Srinivasa Ramanujan (Dev Patel) is a poor yet modest young man with a natural gift for complex mathematics. An earnest biography, The Man Who Knew Infinity is a heartfelt tribute to an unlikely mathematical genius.

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