The Namesake
Drama
Two Worlds. One Journey.
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.
2006-09-02
en
Cast
Director
Mira Nair
Kal Penn as Gogol / Nikhil
Irrfan Khan as Ashoke Ganguli
Tabu as Ashima Ganguli
Jacinda Barrett as Maxine Ratliffe
Zuleikha Robinson as Moushumi Mazoomdar
Ruma Guha Thakurta as Ashoke's Mother
Sabyasachi Chakraborty as Ashima's Father
Supriya Choudhury as Ashima's Grandmother
Jhumpa Lahiri as Jhumpa Mashi
Kharaj Mukherjee as Chhotoo
Glenne Headly as Lydia
Brooke Smith as Sally
Heather MacRae as Nurse Petty
Michael Countryman as Mr. Wilcox
Sukanya as Rini
Rupak Ginn as Uncle
Linus Roache as Mr. Lawson
Dan McCabe as Bart
Bobby Steggert as Jason
Tanusree Shankar as Ashima's Mother
Tamal Ray Chowdhury as Ashoke's Father
Stuart Rudin as Homeless Man
Amy Wright as Pam
Jo Yang as Ms. Lu
Gary Cowling as Hotel Manager
Gretchen Egolf as Astrid
Baylen Thomas as Blake
Jeb Brown as Oliver
Jessica Blank as Edith
Benjamin Bauman as Donald
Sebastian Roché as Pierre
Maximiliano Hernández as Ben
Rupak Ginn as Mira Mashi
Jhumpa Lahiri as Baby Sonia
Glenne Headly as Funeral Priest