The Namesake

"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."

Cast

Kal Penn

as Gogol / Nikhil

Irrfan Khan

as Ashoke Ganguli

Tabu

as Ashima Ganguli

Jacinda Barrett

as Maxine Ratliffe

Zuleikha Robinson

as Moushumi Mazoomdar

Ruma Guha Thakurta

as Ashoke's Mother

Sabyasachi Chakraborty

as Ashima's Father

Sahira Nair

as Sonali Ganguli

Supriya Choudhury

as Ashima's Grandmother

Jhumpa Lahiri

as Jhumpa Mashi

Kharaj Mukherjee

as Chhotoo

Glenne Headly

as Lydia

Brooke Smith

as Sally

Jagannath Guha

as Ghosh

Heather MacRae

as Nurse Petty

Michael Countryman

as Mr. Wilcox

Sukanya

as Rini

Rupak Ginn

as Uncle

Linus Roache

as Mr. Lawson

Josh Grisetti

as Jerry

Dan McCabe

as Bart

Bobby Steggert

as Jason

Tanusree Shankar

as Ashima's Mother

Tamal Ray Chowdhury

as Ashoke's Father

Stuart Rudin

as Homeless Man

Amy Wright

as Pam

Jo Yang

as Ms. Lu

Gary Cowling

as Hotel Manager

Gretchen Egolf

as Astrid

Baylen Thomas

as Blake

Jeb Brown

as Oliver

Jessica Blank

as Edith

Benjamin Bauman

as Donald

Sebastian Roché

as Pierre

Maximiliano Hernández

as Ben

Sandip Deb

as Music Teacher

Dhruv Mookerji

as Rana

Kousik Bhowal

as Dr. Gupta

Rupak Ginn

as Mira Mashi

Pallavi Shah

as Kajol Mashi

Jhumpa Lahiri

as Baby Sonia

BC Parikh

as Mr. Mazumdar

Sibani Biswas

as Mrs. Mazumdar

Lakhan Das

as Baul Singer

Glenne Headly

as Funeral Priest

Kartik Das

as Boatman

Crew

Mira Nair

Director

Yasushi Kotani

Executive Producer

Lydia Dean Pilcher

Producer

Lori Keith Douglas

Producer

Ronnie Screwvala

Producer

Jhumpa Lahiri

Novel

Yukie Kito

Producer

Allyson C. Johnson

Editor

Dinaz Stafford

Producer

Frederick Elmes

Director of Photography

Mira Nair

Producer

Zarina Screwvala

Producer

Sooni Taraporevala

Screenplay

Anadil Hossain

Producer

Taizo Son

Producer

Nitin Sawhney

Original Music Composer