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The Namesake
Two Worlds. One Journey.
6.8(196)20072h 2m
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.
- Director
- Mira Nair
- Created by
- Yasushi Kotani
- Writers
- Sooni Taraporevala
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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
Sahira Nair
Sonali Ganguli
Supriya Choudhury
Ashima's Grandmother
Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Mashi
Kharaj Mukherjee
Chhotoo
Glenne Headly
Lydia
Brooke Smith
Sally
Jagannath Guha
Ghosh
Heather MacRae
Nurse Petty
Michael Countryman
Mr. Wilcox
Rupak Ginn
Uncle
Linus Roache
Mr. Lawson
Josh Grisetti
Jerry
Dan McCabe
Bart
Bobby Steggert
Jason
Tanusree Shankar
Ashima's Mother
Tamal Ray Chowdhury
Ashoke's Father
Stuart Rudin
Homeless Man
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Crew
Directing
- Mira NairDirector
Writing
- Sooni TaraporevalaScreenplay
- Jhumpa LahiriNovel
Production
- Lydia Dean PilcherProducer
- Lori Keith DouglasProducer
- Anadil HossainProducer
- Yukie KitoProducer
- Yasushi KotaniExecutive Producer
- Mira NairProducer
- Ronnie ScrewvalaProducer
- Zarina ScrewvalaProducer
- Taizo SonProducer
- Dinaz StaffordProducer
Camera
- Frederick ElmesDirector of Photography
Editing
- Allyson C. JohnsonEditor
Sound
- Nitin SawhneyOriginal Music Composer