The Namesake (2007)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 2 mins | Drama, Family, Adaptation | Released: 3/16/2007 |Box Office Total: $13.5M

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Synopsis:

The Gangulis family comes to the U.S. from India in order to experience a world of limitless opportunities--only to be confronted with the perils and confusion of trying to build a meaningful life in a baffling new society. On the heels of their arranged marriage, Ashoke and Ashima jet off from sweltering Calcutta to a wintry New York where they begin their new life together. Virtual strangers to one another and with Ashima now living in a new and very strange land, their relationship quickly takes a turn when Ashima gives birth to a son. Under pressure to name him quickly, Ashoke settles on Gogol, after the famous Russian author--a name that serves as a link to a secret past and, Ashoke hopes, a better future. But life isn’t as easy for Gogol as his parents might wish. As a first-generation American teenager, Gogol must learn to tread a razor-thin line between his Bengali roots and his American birthright in the search for his own identity. As Gogol attempts to forge his destiny--rejecting his given name, dating a rich American girl, heading to study architecture at Yale--his parents cling to their Bengali traditions. But their paths keep crossing with both comic and painfully revelatory consequences until Gogol begins to see the links between the world his parents left behind and the new world that lies in front of him.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
3/16/2007

Studio	Credit
Fox Searchlight Pictures	Studio Studio
Director	Credit
Mira Nair	Director
Cast	Credit
Kal Penn	Gogol
Zuleikha Robinson	Moushimi Mazumdar
Irrfan Khan	Ashoke
Tabu	Ashima
Jacinda Barrett	Maxine
Glenne Headley	Lydia
Brooke Smith	Sally
Sahira Nair	Sonia
Jagannath Guha	Ghosh
Ruma Guha Thakurta	Ashok's Mother
Sandip Deb	Music Teacher
Sukanya	Rini
Tanushree Shankar	Ashima’s Mother
Sabyasachi Chakraborty	Ashima's Father
Tamal Roy Choudhury	Ashok's Father
Dhruv Mookerji	Rana
Supriya Devi	Ashimas Grandmother
Stuart Rudin	Crazy Wino
Heather MacRae	Nurse Patty
Sumitra Kanti	Calcutta House Staff
Michael Countryman	Mr. Wilcox
Kousik Bhowal	Dr. Gupta
Rupak Ginn	Uncle
Soham Chatterjee	Gogol (Age 4)
Gargi Mukherjee	Mira Mashi
Pallavi Shah	Kajol Mashi
Jhumpa Lahiri	Jhumpa Mashi
Noor Lahiri Vourvoulias	Baby Sonia
Linus Roache	Mr. Lawson
Josh Grisetti	Jerry
Justin Rosini	Marc
Kalpen Modi	Nikhil
Dan McCabe	Bart
Bobby Steggert	Jason
B c Parikh	Mr. Mazumdar
Sibani Biswas	Mrs. Mazumdar
Kharaj Mukherjee	Chotu
Lakhan Das	Baul Singer
Daniel Gerroll	Gerald
Amy Wright	Pam
Christie Moreau	Phone operator
Jo Yang	Ms. Lu
Krishna Dikshit	Funeral Priest
Kartik Das	Boat Man
Gary Cowling	Hotel Manager
Gretchen Egolf	Astrid
Sudipta Bhawmik	Subroto Mesho
Baylen Thomas	Blake
Jeb Brown	Oliver
Jessica Blank	Edith
Mia Yoo	Viola
Benjamin Bauman	Donald
Sebastian Roche	Pierre
Maximiliano Hernandez	Ben
Partha Chatterjee	Reformed Hindoo
Mitali Bhawmik	Singing Voice
Production Credits	Credit
Lydia Dean Pilcher	Producer
Dinaz Stafford	Associate Producer
Yasushi Kotani	Executive Producer
Lori Keith Douglas	Co-Producer
Mira Nair	Producer
Yukie Kito	Co-Producer
Taizo Son	Executive Producer
Ronnie Screwvala	Executive Producer
Zarina Screwvala	Co-Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Mirabai Films	Production Company
Entertainment Farm	Production Company Production Company
Cine Mosaic	Production Company
UMP Plc	Production Company Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Fox Searchlight Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment	Domestic Video Distributor
20th Century Fox International	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Fox Searchlight Pictures	Theatrical Distributor Worldwide Theatrical Distributor
UTV Motion Pictures	Theatrical Distributor Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Calcutta, India
New York City, New York, USA
Writer	Credit
Sooni Taraporevala	Screenplay
Jhumpa Lahiri	Source Material
Accounting	Credit
Yana Collins Lehman	Post-Production Accountant
Frank Murray	Assistant Accountant
Taylor Marshall-Green	Accountant - Payroll Accountant
Sean Hogan	Production Accountant
Jennifer Freed	Post-Production Accountant
Trevanna Post	Post-Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Stephanie Carroll	Production Designer
Robin Koenig	Set Dresser - On Set Dresser
Suttirat Larlarb	Art Director
Peter Dunbar	Leadman
Lydia Marks	Set Decorator
Greg Sullivan	Scenic Artist - Charge Scenic
Will Scheck	Greensman
Rajendra Kumar Das	Assistant Art Director (India)
Santi Das	Art Assistant - Set Art Assistant (India)
Saurabh Jana	Sculptor (India)
Russell Barnes	Art Department Coordinator
Kiran Chandra	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Bryan Kenneth	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Connie Kozaleck	Scenic Artist - Scenic Foreman
Bolai Kundu	Art Assistant (India)
Tuli Basu	Art Department Coordinator (India)
Mark Selemon	Greensman
Jeff Rollins	Set Dresser
Sharmishta Roy	Set Decorator (India)
Tanmoy Chakroborty	Art Director (India)
Dennis Zach	Set Dresser
Aparna Raina	Set Decorator (India)
Chotu	Art Assistant - Set Art Assistant (India)
Sha-Sha Shiau	Art Department - Art Department Assistant
Ann Marie Auricchio	Scenic Artist - Scenic
Sanjay	Art Assistant - Set Art Assistant (India)
Rebecca Harper	Art Department - Artwork Provider
Nirmal Chandra Das	Set Dresser (India)
Jessie Walker	Scenic Artist - Camera Scenic
Tublu	Art Assistant - Set Art Assistant (India)
Michelle Farrell	Scenic Artist - Scenic
Bill Kane	Art Department - Artwork Provider
Lori Cuisinier	Art Department - Artwork Provider
Steven R. Geiger	Scenic Artist - Scenic
Nalini Malini	Art Department - Artwork Provider
Caroline Irons	Scenic Artist - Scenic
Scott Liapis	Art Department - Artwork Provider
Hunt Slonem	Art Department - Artwork Provider
Daniella Capistrano	Art Department - Art Department Intern
Sivan Kaplan	Art Department - Art Department Intern
Adah Nuchi	Art Department - Art Department Intern
Aarthi Rayapura	Art Department - Art Department Intern
Brinda	Art Department - Art Department Trainee (India)
Sushovan	Art Department - Art Department Trainee (India)
Casting	Credit
Tess Joseph	Casting (India)
Matt Schreiber	Casting Associate
Cindy Tolan	Casting Director
Soumitra Saha	Casting Assistant (India)
Lovleen Tandan	Casting Consultant (India)
Karen E Etcoff	Extras Casting
Sohag Sen	Casting Consultant (India)
Emily Chakraborty	Casting - Casting Trainee (India)
Nina Srivasatava	Extras Casting - Extra Casting Associate
Ruchi Pugalia	Casting - Casting Trainee (India)
Aditi Bhattacharya	Casting - Casting Trainee (India)
Craft Services	Credit
George Nanas	Catering - Chef
David Dreishpoon	Craft Service
Gourmet Cuisine	Catering (India)
Film Camera	Credit
Gerard Sava	Camera Operator
Chris Silano	Assistant Camera
Ntin Rao	Steadicam Operator (India)
Basab Mullik	Camera Trainee - Camera Intern (India)
Frederick Elmes	Director of Photography
Kenny Becker	Color Timer - Film Color Timer
Mara Galus	Loader - Camera Loader
Abbot Genser	Photography - Still Photographer
Joydeep Bose	Camera Trainee - Camera Intern (India)
Ram Prasad	Loader (India)
Hollis Meminger	Assistant Camera
Doug Pellegrino	Camera Operator - B Camera Operator
Jay J Odedra	Director of Photography
Milan Moudgill	Photography - Still Photographer (India)
Kathleen Corgan	Assistant Camera (India)
Ganesh Kumar Reddy	Assistant Camera - 1st Assistant Camera (India)
G Monic Kumar	Assistant Camera - 1st Assistant Camera (India)
Praveena S	Assistant Camera - 2nd Assistant Camera (India)
Legal	Credit
Victoria Cook	Legal Services
Management	Credit
Sumit Bothra	Manager - Nitin Sawhney Management
Music	Credit
Nitin Sawhney	Original Music - Music
Paul Talkington	Orchestrations - Orchestra Coordinator
Gary Thomas	Music Engineer - Orchestral Recording Engineer
Stephen Hussey	Music Conductor
kazi Nazrul Islam	Lyrics
Reshmin Chowdhury	Song Performer
Mitali Bhawmik	Song
Mitali Bhawmik	Vocals - Female Vocalist
Maya Iwabuchi	Music - Leader
K. Srinivasan	Flutist
Linda Cohen	Music Supervisor
John Davis	Music Editor
Salil Chowdhury	Song
Reshmin Chowdhury	Vocals - Female Vocalist
Sudhin Dasgupta	Lyrics
Indrani Sen	Song Performer
Dean James	Music Editor - Spirit Dance Studio Mix Editor
Sara Loewenthal	Music - Additional Copyist
Nitin Sawhney	Song
Geeta Dutt	Song Performer
Thom Chadly	Music - Music mixing
Pearl Jam	Song Performer
Ulhas Bapat	Music - Santoor
Jayanta Bose	Song
Subal Dasgupta	Song
State of Bengal	Song Performer
Dilshat Khan	Music - Sarangi
Niladri Kumar	Music - Sitar
Lakhan Das	Song Performer
Sudhin Dasgupta	Song
The Miss Alans	Song Performer
Eddie Vedder	Song
Satyajit Talwalkar	Music - Tabla
Studio Musicians	Song Performer
Stone Gossard	Song
Rajinder Singh	Music - Swarlin
Deeder Saidullah Zaman	Song
Deepak Pandit	Music - Violin
The Elements	Song Performer
Matthew Mars	Song
Federico Aubele	Song Performer
Ursula 1000	Song Performer
Bhava Pagla	Song
Scott Oliver	Song
Mocean Worker	Song Performer
Manny Diez	Song
Bismillah Khan	Song Performer
Susheela Raman	Song Performer
Jay Fung	Song
Ron Woods	Song
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra	Song Performer
Nitin Sawhney	Song Performer
Michel Gaucher	Song
Kennedy	Song
Kennedy	Song Performer
Julien Louis Marc Aletti	Song
Blaire Woods	Song Performer
Raphael Mark Romain Aletti	Song
Jason Bonilla	Song
Ian Dalsemer	Song
Kartik Das	Song
Mykill Miers	Song
Alex Gimeno	Song
Adam Dornblum	Song
Shankar Jaikishan	Song
Sharyar	Song
Giuseppe Verdi	Song
Blaire Woods	Song
Susheela Raman	Song
Sam Mills	Song
Aref Durvesh	Song
Matthew Hales	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
James Murphy	Stunts - Iyengar Yoga Instructor
Allan Amin	Stunt Coordinator (India)
Yvonne De Kock	Stunts - Iyengar Yoga Instructor
Ashwini Parulkar	Stunts - Iyengar Yoga Instructor
Production Management	Credit
Anadil Hossain	Line Producer
Harish Amin	Production Supervisor (India)
Pritam Chowdhury	Unit Manager (India)
Stephen Popernik	Location Coordinator
Kellie Morrison	Location Manager
Ashley Bearden	Assistant Production Coordinator
Meghan Wicker	Production Coordinator
Eric Kench	Location Assistant
Michael Hartel	Assistant Location Manager
Robyn Aronstam	Script Supervisor
Kelley Cribben	Post-Production Supervisor
Michael DeCasper	Assistant Director
Lori Keith Douglas	Unit Production Manager
Justin Rosini	Location Assistant
Yasmine Stafford	Production Coordinator (India)
Dylan Gray	Assistant Director (India)
Chandan Das	Location Manager (India)
John Durzba	Location Assistant - Locations Intern
Kristin Cameron Bernstein	Assistant Director
Eric Lasco	Assistant Director
Probal Sircar	Location Assistant (India)
Sandeep Gondalekar	Location Assistant (India)
Dylan Gray	Assistant Director (India)
Nitya Mehra	Assistant Director (India)
Akshay Roy	Assistant Director (India)
Avani Batra	Assistant Director
Joyati Bose	Assistant Director (India)
Sound	Credit
Dominic Tavella	Rerecording Mixer
Damian Volpe	Sound Effects Editor
Joseph White Jr	Sound - Sound Utility
Ed Novick	Sound Mixer
Linda Murphy	Boom Operator
Michael Holmstrom	Sound Engineer - Mix Engineer
Dave Paterson	Sound Editor
Lynette D’souza	Dubbing Mixer - Fixer
Akshaye Widhani	Post-Production Sound - Head Of Operation
Gina R Alfano	ADR Editor
David Bolton	ADR - ADR Engineer
Rachel Chancey	Foley Editor
Keith Culbertson	Rerecording - Rerecordist
Ryan Collison	Foley - Foley Engineer
Dave Paterson	Rerecording Mixer
Paul Katz	Sound Engineer - Mix Engineer
Tom Kodros	Sound - Dolby Engineer
Stephen Schwartz	Sound Editor
Jay Peck	Foley - Foley Walker
Dominic Tavella	ADR - ADR Engineer
Visual Effects	Credit
Divya Thakur	Graphic Designer - Titles & Graphics Designer
Shantanu Paul	Special Effects Coordinator (India)
Chris Gelles	Visual Effects Producer
David Isyomin	Visual Effects Supervisor
Gregory Gelles	Software Engineer - Head of Technology
Tasayu Tasnaphun	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Artist
Tom Lynch	Digital Effects Artist - Digital Artist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Anup Kumar Ganguli	Makeup Assistant (India)
Ellen Mahlke	Key Costumer
Christina Morales	Costumes - Costume Intern
Dierdre Nicola Williams	Wardrobe Supervisor
Shahnaz Vahanvaty	Costume Coordinator (India)
Peggy Shierholz	Hair Stylist - Key Hair Stylist
Abdul Jabbar	Tailor (India)
Kelly Gleason	Makeup Artist - Key Makeup Artist
Arjun Bhasin	Costume Designer
Milton Buras	Hair Stylist
Norman Bryn	Makeup Artist
Urmilla Lal Motwani	Wardrobe Supervisor (India)
Megha Barnabas	Costumes - Costume Intern
Hilary Niederer	Costume Designer
Stev Taylor	Key Costumer
Shyam Reddy	Makeup Assistant (India)
Nazafrin Gazdar	Hair Stylist (India)
Ravi Pawar	Costumes - Costume Assistant (India)
Md Saunaulla	Costumes - Costume Dresser (India)
Rita Dey	Hair Stylist (India)
Zakir Hussain	Costumes - Costume Dresser (India)

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