Mathematicians in Movies: Only in Bollywood

by Gunjan

Sir Ben Kingsley, who played the the title role in 1982′s Oscar-winning Gandhi (and much less remembered role in the worst movie of the 21st Century so far, the Love Guru) is soon to be seen in a Bollywood movie, Teen Patti ( three cards, or three-card poker).

Mathematicians in movies: Bacchan and Kingsley

Mathematicians in movies: Bachchan and Kingsley

Perci Trachtenberg (Sir Ben Kingsley) is world’s greatest living mathematician.  Perci encounters Venkat (Amitabh Bachchan, India’s biggest film star of all time) a solitary mathematician from India at a casino in Londo. Venkat tells Perci about an equation that could change the dialog on math forever and perhaps win an unimaginable fortune in gambling.  A cut-throad adventure, Bollyood style follow.

The movie is directed by Leena Yadav and releases in February.

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Posted on January 2nd, 2010 by Gunjan
Gunjan Bagla
California-based management consultant Gunjan Bagla runs Amritt, a consulting firm helping American companies to succeed in India. He is author of Business in 21st Century India: How to Profit Today from Tomorrow’s Most Exciting Market (Hachette Book Group, July 2008).

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