The Namesake (2007)

Cast and Crew

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Director

Mira Nair

Producer

Mira Nair, Lydia Dean Pilcher

Screenwriter

Sooni Taraporevala

Starring

• Kal Penn as Gogol Ganguli
• Tabu
• Irfan Khan
• Jacinda Barrett as Maxine Ratliff
• Gabriel Byrne
• Zuleikha Robinson
• Glenne Headley
• Brooke Smith
• Abhishek Bachchan
• Sebastian Roché

Movie Story

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The Namesake" is the story of the Ganguli family whose move from Calcutta to New York evokes a lifelong balancing act to meld to a new world without forgetting the old. Though parents Ashoke and Ashima (Irfan Khan, Tabu) long for the family and culture that enveloped them in India, they take great pride in the opportunities their sacrifices have afforded their children. Paradoxically, their son Gogol (Kal Penn) is torn between finding his own unique identity without losing his heritage. Even Gogol's name represents the family's journey into the unknown.

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