Unfortunately movies like this usually only make it to only one theater in town, which is literally on the other side of town. So I often wait until the movie is available for purchase on DVD to see it . But I made the effort and drove all the way to see this movie and it was worth it. I did it mainly because I love India and the Indians and had enjoyed Dev Patel in his previous movies. I also love movies about geniuses. Especially if they are scientists or artists. Those of us who are no geniuses should learn from these portrayals that we have to tread very carefully when we are around people, who do not fit the rule. Small minds can destroy big minds. And why, if geniuses are inspired directly by God, does God give them so often troubled and short lives? As an atheist I have a hard time understanding this god and I have a hard time understanding geniuses. Life seems so unfair. I wish film makers would not feel the need to distort truth and the marriage of Ramanujan would have been presented in a more realistic way. He married his ten year old wife when he was in his early twenties and left for England when she was only 14. These child marriages were common in India at that time. Gandhi married his wife when he was 13 and she was 14 , but that did not mean that the marriage was consumed at that point in time. Also the age difference in between Hardy and Ramanujan was only a few years, not decades.
Otherwise I loved the movie and wished so much that it would be promoted more widely and young people would see it instead of the crash-and-burn movies which fill the screens everywhere.
Otherwise I loved the movie and wished so much that it would be promoted more widely and young people would see it instead of the crash-and-burn movies which fill the screens everywhere.