Reel maths genius blesses girl
A still from Ramanujan
Recently the makers of the Tamil-English biopic Ramanujan, based on the life of mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, shot a vital portion of the movie in the house of the math wizard.
The house has the statue of the genius installed, which during the shoot had to be covered by a woven basket to maintain continuity of the shoot.
During the shoot, the cast and crew of the film encountered mathematics students who came to the house to take the blessings from the genius (his statue) before their math examination. Since the shoot was on, the students were not allowed in the premises, but when they were notified about the film and that Abhinay Vaddi, the grandson of legendary couple Gemini Ganesan and Savitri is playing the role of Ramanujan, they took blessings from reel life genius Abhinay instead.
Abhinay says, “The very first day of shoot at Srinivasa Ramanujan’s house was an epic day for me. When I was done with my shot, I suddenly found myself in a very unusual situation where some mathematics students came to me for blessings.”
He adds, “What surprised me the most was a family of four — mother, father, daughter and grandmother — who stood in front of me holding their hands together seeking my blessings, saying vanakam (namaste). I was confused and looked behind to see if they were greeting someone else. When I turned, I found the daughter at my feet. Shocked, I helped her up, and asked why she was falling at my feet. The father said, ‘Every year, we come here for Ramanujan’s blessings before her math exams, and we heard that you were doing a movie on the genius. So, what better than to get blessings from the genius himself?’ The next day they came back saying that her exam went very well.
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