The Namesake


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Director: Mira Nair
Genre: Family Drama, Drama
Release Date: March 09, 2007 (USA
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Summary:
A couple coming to terms with living in a new culture discover their troubles are compounded by their son in this drama from filmmaker Mira Nair. Ashoke (Irfan Khan) and Ashima (Tabu) are a young couple who are brought together in an arranged marriage and soon leave Calcutta to seek their fortune in America. As the couple becomes accustomed to one ... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Kal Penn - (Gogol Ganguli)
Tabu - (Ashima)
Irfan Khan - (Ashoke)
Jacinda Barrett - (Maxine)
Zuleikha Robinson - (Moushumi Mazumdar)
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Review:
Gifted Indian filmmaker Mira Nair shifts focus to a subject that should interest Americans of Indian descent -- and, in truth, any immigrant eager to maintain his or her ethnic roots. Continue >>

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