Sep 02, 2006
122 min
Full-HD

The Namesake (2006)

The American-born son of Indian immigrants strives to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.

Category

Drama

Country

India Japan United States of America

Companies

Fox Searchlight Pictures Mirabai Films UTV Motion Pictures Cine Mosaic Entertainment Farm

Kal Penn

Gogol / Nikhil

Irrfan Khan

Ashoke Ganguli

Tabu

Ashima Ganguli

Jacinda Barrett

Maxine Ratliffe

Zuleikha Robinson

Moushumi Mazoomdar

Ruma Guha Thakurta

Ashoke's Mother

Sabyasachi Chakraborty

Ashima's Father

Sahira Nair

Sonali Ganguli

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