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KollywoodSeveral biopics have been made in Tamil cinema, on the lives of freedom fighters, actors, politicians and others.Karuppiah SaravanapperumalSeveral biopics have been made in Indian cinema in recent times, in Hindi as well as south Indian languages. Biopics are films that dramatise the life of real and non-fictional individuals and can cover their entire life or specific moments. These films can be based on the lives of celebrities or ordinary people who achieved fame. From Celluloid (based on director Jc Daniel) to Manjhi-The Mountain Man, which was based on the story of Dashrath Manjhi who carved a road through a mountain in Gehlaur, to the recently released Madam Chief Minister in which Richa Chadha portrayed a Dalit leader in Uttar Pradesh (closely modelled on former Cm Mayawati), a variety of films have been made. Although the release of biopics invariably gives rise to a debate on the portrayal of...

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New Delhi, Sep 16: Director Gnana Rajasekaran, who is making a biopic on the life of mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, has shot some parts of the film in Cambridge.

Titled "Ramanujan", the period film based in the 1900s era talks about Ramanujan's journey from Kumbakonam (in Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu) to Cambridge.

Ramanujan was at Trinity for five years, where his quintessential contribution to mathematics got him elected a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and Fellow of The Royal Society, London, said a statement.

Produced by Camphor Cinema, the Indo-British collaboration.

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New Delhi, Sep 11: As many as 100 school and college students chose to partly shave off their heads for an upcoming biopic "Ramanujan", based on the life of popular mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan.

Produced by Camphor Cinema, the Indo-British collaboration venture is a period film based in the 1900 era. Director Gnana Rajasekaran wanted Tamil Brahmin boys with half-shaved heads with only top knots for the movie.

The filmmakers had to persuade Tamil Nadu's Vedic School and Kumbakonam Government college students who had come forward to act, to shave off their heads.

"It was indeed a task. Local students of Kumbakonam.

Chennai, July 6: The makers of upcoming Tamil-English biopic "Ramanujan", on the mathematic genius Srinivasa Ramanujan have shot a crucial portion of the movie in the house of the math wizard to add the personal touch.

"The house is now being taken care of by the government. It has been turned into a museum. We wanted to give the audience a personal touch and therefore managed to get permission and shoot a few scenes in the house where once Ramanujan lived," the film's director Gnana Rajasekaran told Ians.

"We have also shot a few shots in a temple here which Ramanujan's mother used to frequent," he said.

Suhasini Maniratnam.

Chennai, April 29: Debutant Tamil actor Abhay, grandson of yesteryear actors Gemini Ganeshan and Savithri, is set to reprise the role of math genius Srinivasa Ramanujan in upcoming Tamil-English bilingual "Ramanujan".

"Abhay will play the titular character of the math genius in the film, which will feature southern actress Bhama as his wife. The film is being simultaneously made in Tamil and English," said a statement.

"Suhasini Maniratnam will play crucial role of that of Ramanujan's mother," the statement added.

Directed Gnana Rajasekaran is bringing the story of the great mathematician's extraordinary contributions.