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- Release date: March 9, 2007
- Director: Mira Nair
- Screenwriter: Jhumpa Lahiri
- Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
- MPAA rating: PG-13
- Run time: 122 min
- Based on: novel of the same name by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Languages: English / Bengali / Hindi
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The Namesake is a dramatic film about an Indian couple who emigrates to the United States, and how it affects their lives and the lives of their children.
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Plot Summary
Gogol Ganguli is the son of two Indian-American immigrants and has trouble assimilating into American culture. The story follows his journey to his parents' homeland of India. Along the way, Gogol learns the story of his mother and father's courtship and marriage. He also learns of the series of improbable events that inspired his name and the history his parents hoped to pass on to Gogal by giving him that name.Cast
- Kal Penn: Gogol Ganguli
- Irrfan Khan: Ashoke
- Tabu: Ashima Ganguli
- Zuleikha Robinson: Moushumi Mazoomdar
- Ruma Guha Thakurta: Ashoke's Mother
- Jacinda Barrett: Maxine Ratliffe
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Grant funds new program at QC (Queens Courier): As the namesake college of the most diverse county on earth, Queens http://bit.ly/5iKhKK
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Nixon! Now there's a baby name for you. Wonder if he'll grow up to have the moral fibre & integrity of his namesake?
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@trainingfactor They're a mysterious organization like their almost-namesake the Illuminati.
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Thanksgiving. Time for San Diego's team to celebrate their namesake - the useless, redundant decorative plate.
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Cooking dinner without the V's thank you very much! *hides cat of namesake from Anna Adria Inara Morena* LOL BBL #VSeries
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