The Indian Clerk

Stephen Fry is writing the screenplay and Scott Rudin is producing the film for Miramax, to be filmed in 2009 For fans of Proof by David Auburn, Possession by A.S. Byatt and A Beautiful Mind (a film starring Russell Crowe) A remarkable true story with a commercial, timeless new look

The extraordinary true story of the discovery of one of the greatest mathematiciansJanuary, 1913, Cambridge. G.H. Hardy - eccentric, charismatic and considered the greatest British mathematician of his age - receives a mysterious envelope covered with Indian stamps. Inside he finds a rambling letter from a self-professed mathematical genius who claims to be on the brink of solving the most important mathematical problem of his time. Hardy determines to learn more about this mysterious Indian clerk, Srinivasa Ramanujan, a decision that will profoundly affect not only his own life, and that of his friends, but the entire history of mathematics. Set against the backdrop of the First World War, and populated with such luminaries as D.H. Lawrence and Bertrand Russell, "The Indian Clerk" fashions from this fascinating period an utterly compelling story about our need to find order in the world.