The Namesake (2006) - Credits and Details

The Namesake Credits and Details

Directed by
	Mira Nair
Written by
	Sooni Taraporevala
	Jhumpa Lahiri
Cast
	Kal Penn	...	Nikhil a.k.a. Gogol
	Tabu	...	Ashima
	Irrfan Khan	...	Ashoke
	Jacinda Barrett	...	Maxine
	Zuleikha Robinson	...	Moushumi Mazumdar
	Brooke Smith	...	Sally
	Sahira Nair	...	Sonia
	Jagannath Guha	...	Ghosh
	Ruma Guha Thakurta	...	Ashoke's Mother
	Sandip Deb	...	Music Teacher
	Sukanya	...	Rini
	Tanushree Shankar	...	Ashima's Mother
	Sabyasachi Chakrabarty	...	Ashima's Father
	Tamal Ray Chowdhury	...	Ashoke's Father
	Dhruv Mookerji	...	Rana
	Supriya Choudhury	...	Ashima's Grandmother (as Supriya Devi)
	Stuart Rudin	...	Homeless Man
	Heather MacRae	...	Nurse Patty
	Sumitra	...	Calcutta House Staff
	Kanti	...	Calcutta House Staff
	Michael Countryman	...	Mr. Wilcox
	Kousik Bhowal	...	Dr. Gupta
	Rupak Ginn	...	Uncle
	Soham Chatterjee	...	Gogol (Age 4)
	Gargi Mukherjee	...	Mira Mashi
	Pallavi Shah	...	Kajol Mashi
	Jhumpa Lahiri	...	Jhumpa Mashi
	Noor Lahiri Vourvoulias	...	Baby Sonia
	Linus Roache	...	Mr. Lawson
	Josh Grisetti	...	Jerry
	Justin Rosini	...	Marc
	Dan McCabe	...	Bart
	Bobby Steggert	...	Jason
	B.C. Parikh	...	Mr. Mazumdar
	Sibani Biswas	...	Mrs. Mazumdar
	Lakhan Das	...	Baul Singer
	Kharaj Mukherjee	...	Chotu
	Glenne Headly	...	Lydia
	Daniel Gerroll	...	Gerald (as Daniel Gerrol)
	Amy Wright	...	Pam
	Christie Moreau	...	Phone Operator
	Jo Yang	...	Ms. Lu
	Krishna Dikshit	...	Funeral Priest
	Kartik Das	...	Boat Man
	Gary Cowling	...	Hotel Manager
	Sudipta Bhawmik	...	Subroto Mesho
	Gretchen Egolf	...	Astrid
	Baylen Thomas	...	Blake
	Jeb Brown	...	Oliver
	Jessica Blank	...	Edith
	Mia Yoo	...	Viola
	Benjamin Bauman	...	Donald
	Sebastian Roché	...	Pierre
	Maximiliano Hernández	...	Ben
	Partha Chatterjee	...	Reformed Hindoo
	Mitali Bhawmik	...	Singing Voice (voice)
Uncredited Cast
	Marcus Collins	...	Graham
	Sandi DeGeorge	...	Moshumi's Friend
	Aaron Yoo	...	Student in Gogol's Class
Produced by
	Lydia Dean Pilcher
	Lori Keith Douglas
	Anadil Hossain
	Yukie Kito
	Yasushi Kotani
	Mira Nair
	Ronnie Screwvala
	Zarina Screwvala
	Taizo Son
	Dinaz Stafford
Original Music by
	Nitin Sawhney

Additional Info
Premiere:	September 02, 2006
Theatrical Release:	March 09, 2007
DVD Release:	November 27, 2007
Countries:
Distributor:	Fox Searchlight
Websites:

Ratings
5.4 / 10	7.5 / 10	82 / 100

Production Companies
Searchlight Pictures
Cine Mosaic
Entertainment Farm (EF)
Mirabai Films
UTV Motion Pictures

Distributors
Searchlight Pictures (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
HBO Max (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD)

Filming Locations
Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
Cape Mahe, New Jersey, USA
Denver, Colorado, USA
Howrah Station, Calcutta, West Bengal, India
New York City, New York, USA
New York, USA
Nyack, New York, USA (Nyack Library)
Scarsdale, New York, USA
Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Yonkers, New York, USA

Site Ranking (#4,318 / 33,091)
#4,314		Sick (2022)
#4,315		Southbound (2015)
#4,316		Body Snatchers (1993)
#4,317		Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: Season 1 (2023)
#4,318		The Namesake (2006)
#4,319		Midway (1976)
#4,320		Maniac Cop (1988)
#4,321		Drive Me Crazy (1999)
#4,322		Return To The Blue Lagoon (1991)