Prakash Jha’s next is a biopic on mathematician Dr Vashishtha Narayan Singh from Bihar

Biopics seem to be the flavour of the season, but this one stands out from the crowd. Landmark sporting events and athletes — be it cricketers, boxers, hockey players, badminton greats, or their coaches — have caught the fancy of filmmakers. However, Reel Life Entertainment in association with Vinay Pictures is producing a biopic on the life of mathematician Dr Vashishtha Narayan Singh.

The film will be directed by Prakash Jha and produced by Vinay Sinha (who has produced Andaz Apna Apna earlier) and Priti Sinha. The movie will be announced today. When we contacted Priti Sinha, she said, “I’m in Patna to announce the film.”

More about Dr Vashishtha Narayan Singh

• The mathematician was born on April 2, 1942, in Basantpur village of Bhojpur district in Bihar.
• Singh became a legend when he was allowed by Patna 
• University to appear in the two-year course of B.Sc. (Hons.) in Mathematics in its very first year.
• He received a PhD on Reproducing Kernels and Operators with a Cyclic Vector from University of California, Berkeley, in 1969.
• After his PhD, he worked on space theory at NASA and then returned to India in 1973 to teach at prominent institutions.
• Singh is also said to have challenged Einstein’s theory of relativity (E = mc2).
• After his marriage in 1974, he suffered from schizophrenia. A few years later, he and his wife parted ways due to his illness. He went missing for a few years and faced many hardships.
• Despite an illustrious career, he has been languishing in penury.