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The Namesake

The Namesake2006

★6.8122 minDrama

The American-born son of Indian immigrants strives to fit in among his fellow New Yorkers despite his family's unwillingness to let go of their traditional ways.

Director

Writer

Sooni Taraporevala

Score

Stars

Kal Penn Irrfan Khan Tabu

Cast43

Kal Penn
as Gogol / Nikhil
Irrfan Khan
as Ashoke Ganguli
Tabu
as Ashima Ganguli
Jacinda Barrett
as Maxine Ratliffe
Zuleikha Robinson
as Moushumi Mazoomdar
Ruma Guha Thakurta
as Ashoke's Mother
Sabyasachi Chakraborty
as Ashima's Father
S
Sahira Nair
as Sonali Ganguli
Supriya Choudhury
as Ashima's Grandmother
Jhumpa Lahiri
as Jhumpa Mashi / Baby Sonia
Kharaj Mukherjee
as Chhotoo
Glenne Headly
as Lydia / Funeral Priest
Brooke Smith
as Sally
J
Jagannath Guha
as Ghosh
Heather MacRae
as Nurse Petty
Michael Countryman
as Mr. Wilcox
Rupak Ginn
as Uncle / Mira Mashi
Linus Roache
as Mr. Lawson
Josh Grisetti
as Jerry
D
Dan McCabe
as Bart
Bobby Steggert
as Jason
Tanusree Shankar
as Ashima's Mother
Tamal Ray Chowdhury
as Ashoke's Father
Stuart Rudin
as Homeless Man
Amy Wright
as Pam
Jo Yang
as Ms. Lu
Gary Cowling
as Hotel Manager
Gretchen Egolf
as Astrid
Baylen Thomas
as Blake
Jeb Brown
as Oliver
Jessica Blank
as Edith
Benjamin Bauman
as Donald
Sebastian Roché
as Pierre
Maximiliano Hernández
as Ben
S
Sandip Deb
as Music Teacher
D
Dhruv Mookerji
as Rana
K
Kousik Bhowal
as Dr. Gupta
P
Pallavi Shah
as Kajol Mashi
B
BC Parikh
as Mr. Mazumdar
S
Sibani Biswas
as Mrs. Mazumdar
L
Lakhan Das
as Baul Singer
K
Kartik Das
as Boatman
S
Sukanya Chakraborty
as Rini

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