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Directed by: Mira Nair
Screenplay by: Sooni Taraporevala
Based on the novel by: Jhumpa Lahiri
Produced by: Lydia Dean Pilcher, Mira Nair
Executive Produced by: Yasushi Kotani, Taizo Son, Ronnie Screwvala
Cast: Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson, Brooke Smith, Sahira Nair

THE NAMESAKE is the story of the Ganguli family whose move from Calcutta to New York evokes a lifelong balancing act to meld to a new world without forgetting the old. Though parents Ashoke and Ashima (Irrfan Khan, Tabu) long for the family and culture that enveloped them in India, they take great pride in the opportunities their sacrifices have afforded their children. Paradoxically, their son Gogol (Kal Penn) is torn between finding his own unique identity without losing his heritage. Even Gogol’s name represents the family’s journey into the unknown.

Dear Fox, Please don't make

Dear Fox,
Please don't make me (and all the Mira Nair fans + Kal Penn fans all over US) beg for the release date. Give it up already! I am dying to see this movie.
Buj
san diego

I saw the movie

I saw the movie recently...and was dying to get my hands on the book...and I must admit...the movie does justice to a brilliant & moving book....just added to my all time favourites...watch the film...brilliant casting & acting....Cheers Mira!!!

The Namesake is like a

The Namesake is like a magician who produces a dove in one hand while the other hand is busy trying to lower scholastic standards.

Hello, My name is Peter

Hello,

My name is Peter Gray, and I am currently a sophomore at Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts. I am writing to you as the Publicity Chair of our South Asian Students Association. Every year, for spring semester, we as a cultural organization have screenings for various movies which we feel the Clark community might enjoy and learn from. This year we chose The Namesake as one of the movies we would like to show.

As part of the copyright policies, I am writing to ask for your studio's permission to allow us to screen the movie. If there are costs involved with copyright issues, please email me back with the details and I will start working on it immediately.

My email address is pegray@clarku.edu

Our organization will greatly appreciate it if you allow us to show The Namesake to the Clark campus. We are truly excited for the movie.

Thank you for your time and help.

Peter Gray
South Asian Students Association
Clark University
Worcester, Massachusetts

Hello, My name is Peter

Hello,

Our organization will greatly appreciate it if you allow us to show The Namesake to the Clark campus. We are truly excited for the movie.

Thank you for your time and help.

Peter Gray
South Asian Students Association
Clark University
Worcester, Massachusetts

A wonderful work of art.

A wonderful work of art. This film is very well written and truly inspiring.

Such genuine love of culture, heritage, and life. I congratulate the director, writer, and cast for a beautiful piece of art and capturing the beauty of people.

I look forward to more of the same calibre.

Jersey-Miami Girl

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When will it be available on

When will it be available on DVD or at a theater in Palm Beach, FL

Did all you guys leave india

Did all you guys leave india and work in the USA in IT firms
Now india has a bigger rich and poor divide ...
and you all just try and act middle class and think that ou are all "cool" and hip.
Boys and girls you are wrong.
Help your country look behind the falseness and glass buildings.

Is this film still showing?

Is this film still showing? I am in th south bay area of Los Angeles and would love to see this film--along it seems --with many others.

I'm reading the book and

I'm reading the book and I've seen trailers of the movie and i would love to see it.. but the only problem is its not out everywhere in canada!
can someone pleease tell me when they'll be releasing it everywhere around canada too?

what is life to watch movies

what is life to watch movies and dying to watch movies only what we will get after this, is there any thing else to do within our life what is our main focuss should be who give us life what is the reason behind, istead making life base on these things we should focus our after life Allah who can give us first chance He Allah (God) definately will give us life again to question about these things oputunity which we have right now.

tafseer khan

What the .......???????

What the .......??????? Anyone care to translate this gibberish?

see your self in miror what

see your self in miror what are you!

your a wierdo

I saw this wonderful film

I saw this wonderful film about 2 weeks ago (March) in Washington, DC. at one of only two theatres which show foreign films in DC. I almost missed it, as most excellent foreign films are only shown here for a week - if we're lucky, 2 weeks! It is very frustrating, but much more frustrating for those of you who have been unable to find it playing anywhere close to you. I hope it will be shown at a theatre near to you, as it is an excellent film. Every character interacted brilliantly.

And when oh when will we see

And when oh when will we see the movie here in the UK???
The book was great and lived up to all my expectations.
Anne Dungey

please release this movie

please release this movie everywhere our parents would like to see it as well

It was a great movie. Tabu

It was a great movie. Tabu played great role.

Baij From Boston

Mira Nair has provided a

Mira Nair has provided a very lopsided view of the Bengali Psyche in Jhumpa Lahiri's Namesake. Namesake is the story of the tribulations, the conflicts and the dilemma of Ashoke & Ashima Ganguli, uprooted from their familiar Kolkata and displaced in an alien world. Nair has failed to see through Ashima and Ashoke's feelings and emotions and in the process made a caricature of the Bengali trying hard to establish his identity in a world totally different, inadept at understanding traditional values. Irfan Khan as Ashoke Ganguli has done an excellent job and seems to be a perfect choice. He has very successfully portrayed the Bengali inflections while speaking English. Kal Penn as Gogol was a perfect choice. But Tabbu's Ashima was an absolute failure especially in the first half of the film. She lacked the softness , combined with the forthright, a quintessential quality of the middle class Bengali intellectual. Nevertheless Tabbu proved her skill as a powerful actress in the 2nd half of the film. Probably it was Nair's obsession in presenting Kolkata her squalor , her crowds her multifaceted milieu and the essentially Bengali wit in the common man could not do justice to Lahiri's novel which stands in a class apart.
Thus the film failed to project how the immigrant Bengali has adjusted with the Amercian and carved a niche for himself in the Intellectual world. It seemed as if the Bengalis are only concerned about establishing their Bengali culture and that they have have no other concern as consensus individuals committed to society.

Sharmistha Chaudhuri
39 South End Park
Kolkata 700029
India

I was really fascinated and

I was really fascinated and was amazed how wonderful this film is and was happy to have you people see it through the wildaboutmovies. I myself is an actress so when not working I like to enjoy these free passes that are given and hope you continue sending me them as I really enjoy it. The acting was really something and at times I did feel sad for the guy loosing his father. This is a film that lets you want to know what the whole life of Gogol who at first did not get a good explanation at first to why he had to be that name even though it was under a writer and that his parents had to name him at the hospital fast. The culture is different from us and Canada and they had no choice but later after his fathers death he later found out and gone back to his name after those short relationships he had with woman. This story seems so real.
Andrea Adelman

Just so you know, don't ever

Just so you know, don't ever reveal important aspects of the movie, like who dies. Some of us scan comments about the movie to get interested in it, but haven't actually seen it yet.

As of March 24th, still no

As of March 24th, still no wide release of The Namesake. We live in Atlanta GA and the movie isn't playing ANYWHERE here. This is ridiculous, it is a complete waste of money for FOX to just sit on the movie like this, given the great reviews and obvious demand.

the movie IS playing in

the movie IS playing in Atlanta. go to movietickets.com you dumbo. and...if you're too dumb to do that, go to the TARA theatre off at the corner of Cheshire Bridge Rd and Lavista Rd
retard.

This movie is opening on

This movie is opening on Friday: 3/30 at the Drexel Gateway in Columbus Ohio! See you at the movies!

www.gatewaytheater.com

You are a numerous problem

HELLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HELLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO???????????? Do you not see all the comments????

Read the Reviews from critics....and release this movie nationally already? What do you want us to do? Send you a petition???!!!!!

Release it in North Coarlina ASAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We've been waiting patiently

We've been waiting patiently since the book came out to see a movie version. PLEASE come to Montreal, Canada soon.
R

WHY ISN'T THIS MOVIE PLAYING

WHY ISN'T THIS MOVIE PLAYING IN CLEVELAND, OHIO??

Cleveland is a major city. I am so disappointed. How are we supposed to see the film? What's with Fox Searchlight?

RELEASE IT! EVERYWHERE!!!!!

RELEASE IT! EVERYWHERE!!!!! THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT - IT'LL MAKE YOU A LOT OF MONEY!! WE WANT TO SEE THIS FILM!!!!
Maries,
Oak Park, IL

The nearest theatre playing

The nearest theatre playing this movie is 25 miles away , in Washington DC. Please have a wider release.

The movie was incredible.

The movie was incredible. Mira Nair definitely executed Jhumpa Lahiri's work in a brilliant way. Bravo Mira!!

Nathalee

Hi there, I know many people

Hi there,

I know many people including myself, who would like to see this movie, but it is not playing anywhere. The trailer looks impressive and the reviews have been generous as well. I'm dissapointed that it did not focus on a mainstream audience with a wide release, considering the popularity of Kal Penn, the current interest in Bollywood and other South Asian actors (Aishwarya Rai, Parminder Nagra, Naveen Andrews, etc.). Please promote this movie to a mainstream audience with a wider release!!

WANT WIDE RELEASE!!!!!!!!!!

WANT WIDE RELEASE!!!!!!!!!! please

Priya,
San Diego

Dear Fox, Please don't make

Dear Fox,
Please don't make me (and all the Mira Nair fans + Kal Penn fans all over US) beg for the release date. Give it up already! I am dying to see this movie.
Buj
san diego

Same here what is with

Same here what is with foxsearch light?? Fox really needs to do a wide release with "The Namesake". There are many people all over the country waiting to see this movie.

common Fox give us the date for the wide release of this film!!

The book by Jhumpa Lahiri is

The book by Jhumpa Lahiri is just wonderful! I have very high expectaions about the movie too!

i am trying to find a

i am trying to find a listing for this movie when is going to be commming out nation wide , I saw the preview about a month ago and have been waiting for the release to just find out it is not playing anywhere !!!!

I would like to see this

I would like to see this very much

I would like to see this

I would like to see this love story which shows how different cultures handle living in entirely foreign
cities and countries. This movie should be interesting
and enlighting. Please send me a pass.

I would like to see this

I would like to see this movie because I've read the story, written by Jhumpa Lahiri and as a person who migrated to the US from India, I feel I can relate to it. I've been desperately waiting for this movie ever since its production was announced. I am trying to locate a theater near my place that is playing this movie, unfortunately it is not being played here.

I would like to see this

I would like to see this movie for the acting value this topic is not always easy to relay unto the viewers mind.I love India. Also I live with ADD so story telling is better for me in a visual genre.Also this movie supports my life long dedication to remove the racial barriers around the world as they have been for me.Its amazing what GOD can do with a great story!!!! Thankyou from Nova Scotia Canada!!

I would love to see this

I would love to see this movie, but it is a limit showing.
When will it be showing in San Bernardino County?
Can I get some preview tickets?

Hello,

Hello, I would love to see the movie because it looks interesting.I don't know if it is a short term movie does it surpose to show on TV.If not ? I would like some ticket too.Pretty PLEASE!

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