'The Man Who Knew...' unravels the mystique of Ramanujan Rating: *****

Here are two men belonging to two completely different generations and cultures, tied by their mutual passion for numbers. Jeremy Irons plays Hardy as a man who is so consumed by numbers he has found no time to cultivate human relationships. Suddenly when Ramanujan’s callow erudition sweeps into Hardy's life, he feels a change within himself, a suspended emotional upheaval that Hardy recognises as “the closest to romantic love”. The mentor-pupil relationship is governed by intellectual and emotional complexities.