The Namesake (2007)



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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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