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The Namesake

Year:

2007

Duration:

122 min

Genres:

Drama

IMDB rate:

7.6

Director:

Mira Nair

Awards:

3 wins & 6 nominations

Details

Country: India

Release Date: 2007-03-09

Filming Locations: Calcutta, West Bengal, India

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $248,552 (USA) (11 March 2007)

Gross: $13,569,248 (USA) (5 August 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

Tabu

Jacinda Barrett

Kal Penn

Gogol

Irrfan Khan

Ashoke

Zuleikha Robinson

Moushumi Mazumdar

Brooke Smith

Sally

Sahira Nair

Sonia

Jagannath Guha

Ghosh

Ruma Guha Thakurta

Ashoke's Mother

Sandip Deb

Music Teacher

Sukanya

Rini

Tanushree Shankar

Ashima's Mother

Sabyasachi Chakraborty

Ashima's Father

Tamal Ray Chowdhury

Ashoke's Father

Dhruv Mookerji

Rana

Supriya Choudhury

Ashima's Grandmother (as Supriya Devi)

Stuart Rudin

Homeless Man

Heather MacRae

Nurse Patty

Sumitra

Calcutta House Staff

Kanti

Calcutta House Staff

Michael Countryman

Mr. Wilcox

Kousik Bhowal

Dr. Gupta

Rupak Ginn

Uncle

Soham Chatterjee

Gogol (Age 4)

Gargi Mukherjee

Mira Mashi

Pallavi Shah

Kajol Mashi

Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Mashi

Noor Lahiri Vourvoulias

Baby Sonia

Linus Roache

Mr. Lawson

Josh Grisetti

Jerry

Justin Rosini

Marc

Dan McCabe

Bart

Bobby Steggert

Jason

B.C. Parikh

Mr. Mazumdar

Sibani Biswas

Mrs. Mazumdar

Lakhan Das

Baul Singer

Kharaj Mukherjee

Chotu

Glenne Headly

Lydia

Daniel Gerroll

Gerald

Amy Wright

Pam

Christie Moreau

Phone Operator

Jo Yang

Ms. Lu

Krishna Dikshit

Funeral Priest

Kartik Das

Boat Man

Gary Cowling

Hotel Manager

Sudipta Bhawmik

Subroto Mesho

Gretchen Egolf

Astrid

Baylen Thomas

Blake

Jeb Brown

Oliver

Jessica Blank

Edith

Mia Yoo

Viola

Benjamin Bauman

Donald

Sebastian Roché

Pierre

Maximiliano Hernández

Ben

Partha Chatterjee

Reformed Hindoo

Mitali Bhawmik

Singing Voice (voice)

Marcus Collins

Graham (uncredited)

Sandi DeGeorge

Moshumi's Friend (uncredited)

Aaron Yoo

Student in Gogol's Class (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Many of the "New York" interiors, such as the disco, Moushimi's apartment, the honeymoon suite, etc., were actually filmed in Calcutta to save costs.

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Jhumpa Lahiri, whose book the film is based on makes an appearance in the movie as "Jhumpa Maushi".

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Kate Hudson and Natalie Portman were considered for the part of Maxine.

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Goofs

During a scene set just after the family has returned from spending the summer in India, the very distinctive bright yellow blooms of forsythias can be seen in their yard. Forsythias do not bloom in the autumn.

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Early in the film when Gogol's mother and father are sitting together and one of them is holding a letter that they plan to mail to India, there are 2 U.S. stamps on the envelope. These stamps are current (2007) stamps, yet the letters are being mailed in the late 1970's or early 1980's.

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Several anachronisms show up in the 1977 flashback sequences showing Calcutta (Kolkata); the railway station shows a sign for Indusind Bank which was not established until the late 1990s; there is a building of The Telegraph which was not launched till 1982; and there are shots of several bridges and buildings which are only recent additions to the city.

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Quotes

Ashima A. Ganguli: ...Besides, what kind of a girl is called Max, huh?

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Moushumi Mazumdar: I detest American television.

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Man: Mm, what are you reading? Ashoke Ganguli: Hm? "The Overcoat", by Gogol.

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