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Overview: Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.

Cast:

Dev Patel
Srinivasa Ramanujan

Jeremy Irons
G. H. Hardy

Toby Jones
Littlewood

Devika Bhise
Janaki

Stephen Fry
Sir Francis Spring

Kevin McNally
Major MacMahon

Jeremy Northam
Bertrand Russell

Anthony Calf
Howard

Pádraic Delaney
Beglan

Shazad Latif
Chandra Mahalanobis

Roger Narayan
Scribe

Arundathi Nag
Komalatammal

Dhritiman Chatterjee
Narayana Iyer

Richard Johnson
Vice Master Henry Jackson

Raghuvir Joshi
Narasimha

Malcolm Sinclair
Professor Cartwright

San Shella
Dr. Muthu

Richard Cunningham
Hobson

Thomas Bewley
Baker

Pip Barclay
Student

David Shaw-Parker
Porter

Dominic Cazenove
Waiter

Nicholas Agnew
Andrew Hartley

Alan Booty
Grocer

Shenagh Govan
Postal Worker

Alexander Forsyth
Cadet

Enzo Cilenti
Doctor

Elaine Caulfield
Hospital Nurse

Alex Bartram
Hospital Doctor

Christopher Ravenscroft
J. J. Thompson

Imogen Sage
Nursie (uncredited)