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| Director: | Mira Nair |
| Studio: | Fox Searchlight Pictures |
| Producer: | Lydia Dean Pilcher |
| Writer: | Sooni Taraporevala, Jhumpa Lahiri |
| Rating: | 7.4 (11,634 votes) |
| Rated: | PG-13 |
| Date Added: | 2012-06-20 |
| UPC: | 024543456087 |
| Price: | $27.98 |
| Awards: | 2 wins & 3 nominations |
| Genre: | Indian Films |
| Release: | 2007-11-27 |
| IMDb: | 0433416 |
| Duration: | 122 |
| Picture Format: | Anamorphic Widescreen |
| Aspect Ratio: | 1.85 : 1 |
| Sound: | Dolby |
| Languages: | English, Hindi, Bengali, French |
| Subtitles: | English, French, Spanish |
| Features: | Audio Commentary by Director Mira Nair<br> <i>The Anatomy Of The Namesake: A Class at Columbia University's Graduate Film School</i><br> Fox Movie Channel Presents In Character with Kal Penn<br> <i>Kolkata Love Poem</i> Featurette<br> <i>Photography As Inspiration</i> Featurette<br> Deleted Scenes |
| LAC code: | 300010463 |
| DVD or VHS: | DVD |
| Original: | DVD Copy |
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Summary: While traveling by train to visit his grandfather in Jamshedpur, Calcutta born, Bengali-speaking Ashoke Ganguli meets with fellow-traveler, Ghosh, who impresses upon him to travel, while Ashoke is deep into a book authored by Nicholai Gogol. The train meets with an accident, and after recuperating, Ashoke re-locates to America, settles down, returns home in 1977 to get married to aspiring singer, Ashima, and returns home to New York. Shortly thereafter they become parents of a boy, who they initially name Gogol, and a few years later both give birth to Sonia. The family then buy their own house in the suburbs and travel to India for the first time after their marriage. The second time they travel to India is when Gogol and Sonia are in their late teens, and after a memorable visit to Kolkata and then to the Taj Mahal, they return home. Gogol falls in love with Maxine Ratliff and moves in with her family...
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Namesake, The
(2006)
India, USA