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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. Although parents Ashoke and Ashima 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 is torn between finding his own unique identity without losing his heritage. Even Gogol's name represents the family's journey into the unknown.

Production
Fox Searchlight Pictures; Cine Mosaic; Entertainment Farm (EF) [jp]; Mirabai Films; UTV Motion Pictures [in];

Cast Names
Irfan Khan; Jagannath Guha; Ruma Guha Thakurta; Tabu; Sandip Deb; Sukanya; Tanushree Shankar; Sabyasachi Chakravarthy; Tamal Sengupta; Dhruv Mookerji; Supriya Choudhury; Stuart Rudin; Heather MacRae; Sumitra; Kanti; Michael Countryman; Kousik Bhowal; Rupak Ginn; Soham Chatterjee; Gargi Mukherjee; Pallavi Shah; Jhumpa Lahiri; Noor Lahiri Vourvoulias; Linus Roache; Josh Grisetti; Kal Penn; Justin Rosini; Dan McCabe; Bobby Steggert; Sahira Nair; B.C. Parikh; Sibani Biswas; Zuleikha Robinson; Lakhan Das; Kharaj Mukherjee; Glenne Headly; Daniel Gerroll; Jacinda Barrett; Amy Wright; Brooke Smith;

Release Date
2006-09-02 (Telluride Film Festival)
2006-11-01 (IAAC Film Festival)
2007-03-09

Genres
Drama;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated PG-13 for sexuality/nudity, a scene of drug use, some disturbing images and brief language.

Running Time
2 hr. 2 min.
2 hr. 2 min. (Toronto International Film Festival)
2 hr. 2 min.

Director
Mira Nair

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