The Namesake

2007 • 122 minutes

About this movie

Spanning two generations, two clashing cultures and two very different ways of life that crash into each other only to become lovingly intertwined, The Namesake is ultimately about the imminently relevant question: what does it mean to be an American family? Jumping between the equally colorful and vibrant cities of Calcutta and New York, The Namesake is a family drama, but it's about a very different kind of contemporary American family: the Gangulis, who come to the U.S. from India in order to experience a world of limitless opportunities, only to be confronted with the perils and confusion of trying to build a meaningful life in a baffling new society. On the heels of their arranged marriage, Ashoke (Irrfan Khan) and Ashima (Tabu) jet off from sweltering Calcutta to a wintry New York where they begin their new life together...

Ratings and reviews

Movie seems good , my suggestion is dont watch it from google play i m wasting the past one hour trying to play it .. selected offline viewing in nexus tab, now the tab is not playing it and cant play it on the web too .. nexus 7 sucks big time , totally spoiled the viewing experience

I absolutely love this movie! As things go the book is of course better and they changed and few things from the book they didn't need to but this movie takes ahold of you and makes you feel.

I have not read this novel but I like Jhumpa Lahiri. The movie does justice to her story telling style and movie gives that feeling of reading her book. Great work will watch this movie over and over again.