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The Namesake (2007)
Directed by Mira Nair
“Two Worlds. One Journey.”
Drama · 2h 02m
The American-born son of Indian immigrants strives to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.
Cast
Kal Penn
Gogol / Nikhil
Irrfan Khan
Ashoke Ganguli
Tabu
Ashima Ganguli
Jacinda Barrett
Maxine Ratliffe
Zuleikha Robinson
Moushumi Mazoomdar
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Ashoke's Mother
Sabyasachi Chakraborty
Ashima's Father
S
Sahira Nair
Sonali Ganguli
Supriya Choudhury
Ashima's Grandmother
Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Mashi
Kharaj Mukherjee
Chhotoo
Glenne Headly
Lydia
Crew
- Director
- Mira Nair
- Screenplay
- Sooni Taraporevala
- Novel
- Jhumpa Lahiri
- Director of Photography
- Frederick Elmes
- Original Music Composer
- Nitin Sawhney
- Editor
- Allyson C. Johnson
- Producer
- Lydia Dean Pilcher, Lori Keith Douglas, Ronnie Screwvala, Yukie Kito, Dinaz Stafford, Mira Nair, Zarina Screwvala, Anadil Hossain, Taizo Son
Details
- Release date
- 2007-03-09
- Runtime
- 2h 02m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- French, Czech, Bengali, Hindi, English
- Countries
- India, Japan, United States of America
- Production
- Fox Searchlight Pictures, Mirabai Films, UTV Motion Pictures, Cine Mosaic, Entertainment Farm
- Budget
- $12,000,000
- Box office
- $20,354,321