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2006
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The Namesake
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Status:
Released
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2006-09-02
Runtime:
122 Minutes
Languages (original):
Bengali, English
Production Companies:
Searchlight Pictures
,
Mirabai Films, Inc.
,
UTV Motion Pictures
,
Cine Mosaic
,
Entertainment Farm
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Director:
Mira Nair
Author:
Sooni Taraporevala
Producer:
Lydia Dean Pilcher
,
Mira Nair
Director of Photography:
Frederick Elmes
Editor:
Allyson C. Johnson
Composer:
Nitin Sawhney
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Cast
Kal Penn
as Nikhil/Gogol
Tabu
as Ashima
Irrfan Khan
as Ashoke
Sahira Nair
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Drama
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Coming Of Age
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Drama
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Family Drama
Source
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Literature
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Novel
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Emotions
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Sad
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Touching
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Plot Keywords
1970s
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Affair
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American Way of Life
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American Dream
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Arranged Marriage
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Bengal
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Calcutta
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Cannabis
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Cuckold
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Dispute
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Dissociation
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Emigration
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Expatriate
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Family
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Family Party
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Father Son Relationship
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First Love
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Ganges
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Growing Up
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Heart Attack
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Homeland
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Homesickness
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Identity
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Identity Crisis
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Immigration
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India
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Indian American
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Initiation ritual
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Insurgence
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Leaving One's Family
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Long Island
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Loss of Loved One
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Marital Relationship
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Mortification
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Mother-Son Relationship
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Move
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National Identity
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New York City
,
Nikolai Gogol
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Self-Discovery
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Soul
,
West Bengal
,
Widowed
,
Yonkers
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German
The Namesake - Zwei Welten, eine Reise
French
Un nom pour un autre
Spanish
El buen nombre
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