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The Namesake

Drama

Family

After moving from Calcutta to New York, members of the Ganguli family maintain a delicate balancing act between honoring the traditions of their native India and blending into American culture. Although parents Ashoke and Ashima are proud of the sacrifices they make to give their children opportunities, their son Gogol strives to forge his own identity without forgetting his heritage.

Date: 09/02/2006
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Kal Penn, Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Sahira Nair, Supriya Choudhury, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kharaj Mukherjee, Glenne Headly, Brooke Smith, Jagannath Guha, Heather MacRae, Michael Countryman, Sukanya, Rupak Ginn, Linus Roache, Josh Grisetti, Dan McCabe, Bobby Steggert, Tanusree Shankar, Tamal Ray Chowdhury, Stuart Rudin, Amy Wright, Jo Yang, Gary Cowling, Gretchen Egolf, Baylen Thomas, Jeb Brown, Jessica Blank, Benjamin Bauman, Sebastian Roché, Maximiliano Hernández, Sandip Deb, Dhruv Mookerji, Kousik Bhowal, Rupak Ginn, Pallavi Shah, Jhumpa Lahiri, BC Parikh, Sibani Biswas, Lakhan Das, Glenne Headly, Kartik Das

Kal Penn as Gogol / Nikhil in The Namesake Kal Penn

Irrfan Khan as Ashoke Ganguli in The Namesake Irrfan Khan

Tabu as Ashima Ganguli in The Namesake Tabu

Jacinda Barrett as Maxine Ratliffe in The Namesake Jacinda Barrett

Zuleikha Robinson as Moushumi Mazoomdar in The Namesake Zuleikha Robinson

Ruma Guha Thakurta as Ashoke's Mother in The Namesake Ruma Guha Thakurta

Sabyasachi Chakraborty as Ashima's Father in The Namesake Sabyasachi Chakraborty

Sahira Nair

Supriya Choudhury as Ashima's Grandmother in The Namesake Supriya Choudhury

Jhumpa Lahiri as Jhumpa Mashi in The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri

Kharaj Mukherjee as Chhotoo in The Namesake Kharaj Mukherjee

Glenne Headly as Lydia in The Namesake Glenne Headly

Brooke Smith as Sally in The Namesake Brooke Smith

Jagannath Guha

Heather MacRae as Nurse Petty in The Namesake Heather MacRae

Michael Countryman as Mr. Wilcox in The Namesake Michael Countryman

Sukanya as Rini in The Namesake Sukanya

Rupak Ginn as Uncle in The Namesake Rupak Ginn

Linus Roache as Mr. Lawson in The Namesake Linus Roache

Josh Grisetti

Dan McCabe as Bart in The Namesake Dan McCabe

Bobby Steggert as Jason in The Namesake Bobby Steggert

Tanusree Shankar as Ashima's Mother in The Namesake Tanusree Shankar

Tamal Ray Chowdhury as Ashoke's Father in The Namesake Tamal Ray Chowdhury

Stuart Rudin as Homeless Man in The Namesake Stuart Rudin

Amy Wright as Pam in The Namesake Amy Wright

Jo Yang as Ms. Lu in The Namesake Jo Yang

Gary Cowling as Hotel Manager in The Namesake Gary Cowling

Gretchen Egolf as Astrid in The Namesake Gretchen Egolf

Baylen Thomas as Blake in The Namesake Baylen Thomas

Jeb Brown as Oliver in The Namesake Jeb Brown

Jessica Blank

Benjamin Bauman as Donald in The Namesake Benjamin Bauman

Sebastian Roché as Pierre in The Namesake Sebastian Roché

Maximiliano Hernández as Ben in The Namesake Maximiliano Hernández

Sandip Deb

Dhruv Mookerji

Kousik Bhowal

Rupak Ginn as Mira Mashi in The Namesake Rupak Ginn

Pallavi Shah

Jhumpa Lahiri as Baby Sonia in The Namesake Jhumpa Lahiri

BC Parikh

Sibani Biswas

Lakhan Das

Glenne Headly as Funeral Priest in The Namesake Glenne Headly

Kartik Das

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