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Release Date: 2006

Cast: Zuleikha Robinson, Jagannath Guha, Sebastian Roché, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Dhruv Mookerji, Kal Penn, Supriya Devi, Irrfan Khan, Jhumpa Lahiri, Brooke Smith, Jacinda Barrett, Sahira Nair ...MORE

Cast: Zuleikha Robinson, Jagannath Guha, Sebastian Roché, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Dhruv Mookerji, Kal Penn, Supriya Devi, Irrfan Khan, Jhumpa Lahiri, Brooke Smith, Jacinda Barrett, Sahira Nair, Sukanya, Glenne Headly, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Tabu, Tamal Ray Chowdhury, Tanushree Shankar ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Family Drama, Indie, Film adaptation

The Namesake is a 2006 film which was released in the United States on March 9, 2007, following screenings at film festivals in Toronto and New York City. It was directed by Mira Nair and is based upon the novel of the same name by Jhumpa Lahiri, who appeared in the movie. Sooni Taraporevala adapted the novel to a screenplay. The film received positive reviews from American critics. The Namesake depicts the struggles of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli (Irrfan Khan and Tabu), two first-generation immigrants from West Bengal, India to the United States, and their American-born children Gogol (Kal... MORE

The Namesake is a 2006 film which was released in the United States on March 9, 2007, following screenings at film festivals in Toronto and New York City. It was directed by Mira Nair and is based upon the novel of the same name by Jhumpa Lahiri, who appeared in the movie. Sooni Taraporevala adapted the novel to a screenplay. The film received positive reviews from American critics. The Namesake depicts the struggles of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli (Irrfan Khan and Tabu), two first-generation immigrants from West Bengal, India to the United States, and their American-born children Gogol (Kal Penn) and Sonia (Sahira Nair). The film takes place primarily in Kolkata, India; New York City; and various New York state suburbs. The story begins as Ashoke and Ashima leave Calcutta and settle in New York City. Through a series of miscues, their son's nickname, Gogol (named after Ukrainian author Nikolai Gogol), becomes his official birth name, an event which will shape many aspects of his life. The film chronicles Gogol's cross-cultural experiences and his exploration of his Indian heritage, as the story shifts between the United States and India. Gogol starts off as a lazy, pot smoking LESS