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The Namesake
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Synopsis
A couple coming to terms with living in a new culture discover their troubles are compounded by their son in this drama from filmmaker Mira Nair. Ashoke (Irfan Khan) and Ashima (Tabu) are a young couple who are brought together in an arranged marriage and soon leave Calcutta to seek their fortune in America. As the couple becomes accustomed to one another, they learn to deal with the coolness and superficiality of life in New York, even as they revel in the opportunities the city offers them. Before long, Ashima gives birth to a baby boy, and pressed to choose a name, they dub the infant Nikhil, though he soon picks up the nickname Gogol, after Ashoke's favorite author. By the time the child is old enough to attend school, he insists upon being called Gogol at all times, and he displays little interest in his Indian heritage. Several years on, Gogol has decided he wants to be called Nick (and is now played by Kal Penn) and has become a thoroughly Americanized teenager, openly rebelling against his parents, smoking marijuana in his room, and dating Maxine (Jacinda Barrett), a preppy blonde from a wealthy family. Ashoke and Ashima are uncertain about how to deal with their son's attempts to cut himself off from their culture, but Nick begins expressing some uncertainty himself when he meets Moushumi (Zuleikha Robinson), a beautiful girl who also comes from a family of Indian expatriates. The Namesake was adapted from the bestselling novel by Jhumpa Lahiri. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

Tabu
Tabu Ashima
Jacinda Barrett Maxine
Zuleikha Robinson
Zuleikha Robinson Moushumi Mazumdar
Kal Penn Gogol
Kal Penn Gogol Ganguli
Irfan Khan
Irfan Khan Ashoke

Production Crew

Suttirat Anne Larlarb Art Director
Tanmoy Chakroborty Art Director
Dinaz Stafford Associate Producer
Jhumpa Lahiri Book Author
Cindy Tolan Casting
Tess Joseph Casting
Frederick Elmes Cinematographer
Lori Keith Douglas Co-producer
Yukie Kito Co-producer
Zarina Screwvala Co-producer
Nitin Sawhney Composer (Music Score)
Arjun Bhasin Costume Designer
Mira Nair Director
Allyson C. Johnson Editor
Ronnie Screwvala Executive Producer
Taiso Son Executive Producer
Taizo Son Executive Producer
Yasushi Kotani Executive Producer
Dylan Gray First Assistant Director
Michael Decasper First Assistant Director
Linda Cohen Musical Direction/Supervision
Lydia Dean Pilcher Producer
Mira Nair Producer
Stephanie Carroll Production Designer
Sooni Taraporevala Screenwriter
Jay J. Odedra Second Unit Director Of Photography
Lydia Marks Set Decorator
Sharmishtha Roy Set Decorator
Ed Novick Sound/Sound Designer
Dave Paterson Supervising Sound Editor
Year: 2006
Runtime: 122
Country: India
MPAA Rating:
Category: Feature

Genre
Drama

Sound
Dolby
DTS
SDDS

Produced by
Cine Mosaic
Entertainment Farm
Fox Searchlight
Mirabi Films
UTV Motion Pictures

Release
March 09, 2007 (USA - Limited)
by 20th Century Fox
Fox Searchlight

Awards
2007 - Best Independent Film - National Board of Review