The Namesake

"Two Worlds. One Journey."

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.

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Kal Penn

Gogol / Nikhil

Irrfan Khan

Ashoke Ganguli

Tabu

Ashima Ganguli

Jacinda Barrett

Maxine Ratliffe

Zuleikha Robinson

Moushumi Mazoomdar

Ruma Guha Thakurta

Ashoke's Mother

Sabyasachi Chakraborty

Ashima's Father

Sahira Nair

Sonali Ganguli

Supriya Choudhury

Ashima's Grandmother

Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Mashi

Kharaj Mukherjee

Chhotoo

Glenne Headly

Lydia

Brooke Smith

Sally

Jagannath Guha

Ghosh

Heather MacRae

Nurse Petty

Michael Countryman

Mr. Wilcox

Sukanya

Rini

Rupak Ginn

Uncle

Linus Roache

Mr. Lawson

Josh Grisetti

Jerry

Dan McCabe

Bart

Bobby Steggert

Jason

Tanusree Shankar

Ashima's Mother

Tamal Ray Chowdhury

Ashoke's Father

Stuart Rudin

Homeless Man

Amy Wright

Pam

Jo Yang

Ms. Lu

Gary Cowling

Hotel Manager

Gretchen Egolf

Astrid

Baylen Thomas

Blake

Jeb Brown

Oliver

Jessica Blank

Edith

Benjamin Bauman

Donald

Sebastian Roché

Pierre

Maximiliano Hernández

Ben

Sandip Deb

Music Teacher

Dhruv Mookerji

Rana

Kousik Bhowal

Dr. Gupta

Rupak Ginn

Mira Mashi

Pallavi Shah

Kajol Mashi

Jhumpa Lahiri

Baby Sonia

BC Parikh

Mr. Mazumdar

Sibani Biswas

Mrs. Mazumdar

Lakhan Das

Baul Singer

Glenne Headly

Funeral Priest

Kartik Das

Boatman

Mira Nair

Director

Zarina Screwvala

Producer

Dinaz Stafford

Producer

Yasushi Kotani

Executive Producer

Jhumpa Lahiri

Novel

Yukie Kito

Producer

Mira Nair

Producer

Ronnie Screwvala

Producer

Sooni Taraporevala

Screenplay

Frederick Elmes

Director of Photography

Lydia Dean Pilcher

Producer

Lori Keith Douglas

Producer

Anadil Hossain

Producer

Taizo Son

Producer

Allyson C. Johnson

Editor

Nitin Sawhney

Original Music Composer