<p>Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons is set to play G H Hardy in 'The Man Who Knew Infinity', the biopic on on the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan with Dev Patel starring as the revered Indian mathematician.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Hardy was the English mathematician who plucked Ramanujan from obscurity in Edwardian India and installed him in Cambridge University.<br /><br />The film, produced by Edward R Pressman and Prashita Chaudhary of Cinemorphic with Jim Young and Sofia Sondervan, will be directed by Matthew Brown.<br /><br />Brown also wrote the screenplay based on the biography 'The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan by Robert Kanigel'.<br /><br />"I am delighted to be working with Jeremy again. Our last collaboration on 'Reversal of Fortune' earned an Oscar for Jeremy, and I could not overstate his amazing talent. We are very fortunate to be able to add an actor of such stature to our production," Pressman said.<br /><br />"I'm very excited that an actor like Jeremy Irons will play the crucial role of Ramanujan's mentor G H Hardy. I look forward to the film's shoot in India and the UK next year," Prashita said.<br /><br />Irons won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Claus von Bulow in 'Reversal of Fortune'.<br /><br />The actor's noted films include 'The French Lieutenant's Woman', 'The Mission' and 'Dead Ringers', 'Lolita' and 'Die Hard'.<br /><br />The production of the biopic is expected to commence on locations in the UK and India in 2014.<br /><br />Ramanujan, who died at the age of 32, continues to fascinate filmmakers.<br /><br />A self-educated mathematical prodigy, Ramanujan was born in rural Southern India in 1887. With no guidance other than a university textbook that he found, Ramanujan spent years filling three notebooks with groundbreaking insights. He kept sending his findings to mathematicians, finally attracting the attention of Hardy.<br /><br />Hardy recognised his brilliance and invited him to visit and work with him at Cambridge. <br /><br />Ramanujan became a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.Ramanujan moved to England leaving his wife Janaki behind where a deeply religious Ramanujan and atheist Hardy formed an unlikely friendship. </p>
<p>Oscar-winning actor Jeremy Irons is set to play G H Hardy in 'The Man Who Knew Infinity', the biopic on on the life of Srinivasa Ramanujan with Dev Patel starring as the revered Indian mathematician.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Hardy was the English mathematician who plucked Ramanujan from obscurity in Edwardian India and installed him in Cambridge University.<br /><br />The film, produced by Edward R Pressman and Prashita Chaudhary of Cinemorphic with Jim Young and Sofia Sondervan, will be directed by Matthew Brown.<br /><br />Brown also wrote the screenplay based on the biography 'The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan by Robert Kanigel'.<br /><br />"I am delighted to be working with Jeremy again. Our last collaboration on 'Reversal of Fortune' earned an Oscar for Jeremy, and I could not overstate his amazing talent. We are very fortunate to be able to add an actor of such stature to our production," Pressman said.<br /><br />"I'm very excited that an actor like Jeremy Irons will play the crucial role of Ramanujan's mentor G H Hardy. I look forward to the film's shoot in India and the UK next year," Prashita said.<br /><br />Irons won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Claus von Bulow in 'Reversal of Fortune'.<br /><br />The actor's noted films include 'The French Lieutenant's Woman', 'The Mission' and 'Dead Ringers', 'Lolita' and 'Die Hard'.<br /><br />The production of the biopic is expected to commence on locations in the UK and India in 2014.<br /><br />Ramanujan, who died at the age of 32, continues to fascinate filmmakers.<br /><br />A self-educated mathematical prodigy, Ramanujan was born in rural Southern India in 1887. With no guidance other than a university textbook that he found, Ramanujan spent years filling three notebooks with groundbreaking insights. He kept sending his findings to mathematicians, finally attracting the attention of Hardy.<br /><br />Hardy recognised his brilliance and invited him to visit and work with him at Cambridge. <br /><br />Ramanujan became a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge.Ramanujan moved to England leaving his wife Janaki behind where a deeply religious Ramanujan and atheist Hardy formed an unlikely friendship. </p>