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The Namesake

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(No longer in theaters)

Rating: PG-13 — for sexuality/nudity, a scene of drug use, some disturbing images and brief language
Director: Mira Nair Cast: Jagannath Guha, Kal Penn, Zuleikha Robinson, Irrfan Khan, Tabu
Running Time: 122 minutes
Reader Rating:
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Genre

Drama

Producer

Lydia Pilcher

Distributor

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Release Date

Mar 16, 2007

Release Notes

Limited

Official Website

www.foxsearchlight.com

Review

Stoner extraordinaire Kal Penn earns a new reputation for himself in Mira Nair’s wonderful adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri’s novel. Nair’s lush visual sensibility and intimate touch with family history is on display—but Penn grounds it all with shrugs and wry commentary as an Indian-American who retraces his family’s history. This is a major, thoroughly believable performance, and its seriousness is only amplified by Penn’s light comic touch.

The movie is very touching especially for someone from that part of the world like myself. Tabu's (mother) and Irrfan Khan's (father) acting was amazing. The whole premise shows how an indian/south asian family is interconnected and what the parents (new immigrants) actually have to go through to settle down and adjust. I wouldn't rate Kal Penn's acting as one of his finest because i personally think he didn't do justice to the character. Though i'm a big fan of Kal's. I would recommend everyone to watch this movie.

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