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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 another, they learn to... 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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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. Nair's The Namesake follows an Indian national (Irfan Khan) and his arranged bride (Tabu) during their first fledgling months in snowy New York, eventu... Continue >>

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