Gnanarajasekaran gets his fourth State award for 'Ramanujan'
- IndiaGlitz, [Wednesday,August 09 2017]
The best film State Award for the year 2014 has been given to the biopic of mathematics genius Ramanujan' directed by Gnanasekaran. IAS officer turned director Gnanarajasekaran is not new to awards as this is the fourth time he is receiving it after Mogamull', Bharathi' and Periyar'. This time its even more special as his wife Shakunthala also has been awarded for her costume design.
Ramanujan' portrays the life of the mathematical genius, his theism in spite of being a scientist and collaborating with famed atheist G.H. Hardy. His relationship with his mother and wife and how the society of the early 1900s viewed a rare genius like him. Abhinay Vaddi played Srinivasa Ramanujan while Abbas, Suhasini Maniratnam, Kevin McGowan, Bhama and Michael Lieber costarred.