Namesake, The (2006) India
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Director:Nair, Mira
Studio:Fox Searchlight Pictures
Writer:Sooni Taraporevala, Jhumpa Lahiri
Rating:7.4 (11,603 votes)
Rated:PG-13
Date Added:2012-06-05
Awards:2 wins & 3 nominations
Genre:Indian Films
IMDb:0433416
Duration:2:02:00
Aspect Ratio:1.85 : 1
Sound:Dolby
Languages:English
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
LAC code:300010504
DVD or VHS:DVD
Original:original
Nair, Mira  ...  (Director)
Sooni Taraporevala, Jhumpa Lahiri  ...  (Writer)
 
Kal Penn  ...  Gogol
Tabu  ...  Ashima
Irrfan  ...  Ashoke
Jacinda Barrett  ...  Maxine
Zuleikha Robinson  ...  Moushumi Mazumdar
Brooke Smith  ...  Sally
Sahira Nair  ...  Sonia
Jagannath Guha  ...  Ghosh
Ruma Guha Thakurta  ...  Ashoke's Mother
Sandip Deb  ...  Music Teacher
Sukanya  ...  Rini
Tanushree Shankar  ...  Ashima's Mother
Sabyasachi Chakraborty  ...  Ashima's Father
Tamal Ray Chowdhury  ...  Ashoke's Father
Dhruv Mookerji  ...  Rana
Irrfan Khan  ...  Ashoke
Summary: American-born Gogol, the son of Indian immigrants, wants to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers, despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.