The namesake / Fox Searchlight Pictures, Entertainment Farm, UTV Motion Pictures present ; a Mirabai Films & Cine Mosaic production ; produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher, Mira Nair ; screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala ; directed by Mira Nair.

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The American-born son of Indian immigrants feels pulled between his ethnic heritage and his desire to assimilate, especially after becoming involved with two very different women.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Namesake (Motion picture)
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author: Sawhney, Nitin, 1964- (Composer)
Corporate Authors: Fox Searchlight Pictures (Producer)
Entertainment Farm (Firm) (Producer)
UTV Motion Pictures (India) (Producer)
Mirabai Films (Firm) (Producer)
Cine Mosaic (Firm) (Producer)
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc (Publisher)
Other Authors: Pilcher, Lydia Dean (Producer)
Nair, Mira (Producer, Director)
Taraporevala, Sooni, 1957- (Screenwriter)
Penn, Kal, 1977- (Actor)
Tabu, 1970 November 4- (Actor)
Khan, Irrfan, 1967-2020 (Actor)
Barrett, Jacinda (Actor)
Robinson, Zuleikha, 1977- (Actor)
Elmes, Frederick (Cinematographer)
Johnson, Allyson C., 1959- (Editor)
Lahiri, Jhumpa
Language:English
Spanish
French
Language and/or Writing System:
In English or dubbed Spanish; with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
Closed-captioned.
Published: Beverly Hills, Calif. : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2007], ©2007.
Edition:Widescreen format (1.85:first).
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
East Indians > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
East Indian Americans > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > Drama.
Families > Drama.
East Indian Americans.
East Indians.
Families.
Immigrants.
Man-woman relationships.
New York (State) > New York.
Feature films.
Melodrama.
Melodrama > Feature.
Drama.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:
Drama.
Feature films.
Melodrama.
Melodrama
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
The American-born son of Indian immigrants feels pulled between his ethnic heritage and his desire to assimilate, especially after becoming involved with two very different women.
Note:Based on the novel: The namesake / by Jhumpa Lahiri.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features (53 min.): optional audio commentary by Nair; 3 deleted scenes, with optional audio commentary by Nair (3 min. total); "The anatomy of 'The namesake'" a class taught by Nair at Columbia University's School of the Arts' Film Division (32 min.); "In character with Kal Penn" (4 min.); "Kolkata love poem" montage (4 min.); "Photography as inspiration" featurette (8 min.); theatrical trailer (2 min.).
Videorecording.
Call Number:CR9 D0088543 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG-13, for sexuality/nudity, a scene of drug use, some disturbing images and brief language.
Credits:Director of photography, Frederick Elmes ; editor, Allyson C. Johnson ; music by Nitin Sawhney.
System Details:DVD, region 1: Dolby 5.1 surround in English, Dolby surround in Spanish.
Cast:
Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson.