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| The Namesake | 
 enlarge | Director: Mira Nair
Actors: Irfan Khan, Kal Penn, Jagannath Guha, Ruma Guha Thakurta, Tabu
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  83 reviews
Sales Rank: 1674
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Hindi (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 122
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 2245608
UPC: 024543456087
EAN: 0024543456087
ASIN: B000U2U0E4
Theatrical Release Date: March 9, 2007
Release Date: November 27, 2007
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| Customer Reviews:
 Awesome Movie July 12, 2007
I was thoroughly pleased with this movie. The director does a great job with the arrangment and story telling. I definitely recommend the purchasing of this movie. It was an awesome, educational experience.
Nair's adaption takes Jhumpa Lahiri's novel to a new level June 22, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As much as I liked Jhumpa Lahiri's novel, Mira Nair's film adaptation of it is even better in my opinion. Lahiri's novel is written at times in the matter of a "just the facts" accounting. Nair, however, has succeeded in unearthing the emotional high points of the book and staging them in stirring fashion. Two scenes stand out in particular: the drama of the opening train scene and the interaction between passangers Ashoke and Ghosh are a heart-stopping beginning to the film; and the scene in which Ashoke finally reveals to Gogol the symbolic relevance of his name raises goose-bumps even thinking about it. Great stuff from Mira Nair. Between this work and 'Monsoon Wedding,' she's created two of my favorites.
The film's real revelation is the acting ability of Kal Penn. Previously known and typecast only for stoner-like roles, Nair took a flyer here on Penn and came up a winner. He's brilliant. He pretty much has to be, as he's in just about every scene. Irfan Khan and Tabu are also fantastic as parents Ashoke and Ashima. I love how Ms. Nair is able to pick actors from the US and Bollywood film worlds and make them work as a family.
The Namesake June 6, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I watched this movie together with my girlfriend who is indian. Both of us agreed that this move excellently discribes the situation many expatriots find them selves in. The struggle of taking on a new identity while not loosing your own is captured really well. We see that it is really hard to call anyone the villan in this movie, as it is with expatriots and third culture kids so often. There is no definite right and wrong but a battle of priorities defined by cultures. I was challanged and encouraged by this movie. It opened my eyes and forced me to look beyond my own worldview and transported me into that of someone else.
We liked the move so much that emediately after watching it we bought tickets for my parents who felt the same as us after watching it. It enspired them, challanged them and showed them the value as well as the problems diversity brings.
The movie is a must see for all those interested in other cultures, crosscultural relationships, or just want to get a better understanding of the neighbour from another country thyat lives down the road
What a wonderful film June 5, 2007
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Having grown up in India - I was a skeptic - I am not a movie watcher, and not another book/film about the Indian diasporic experience. I was not going to watch it. I had not read the book.
I saw it last night on a JetBlue flight. What a wonderful film. I was moved. I cried many times! I came here as a grad student in 1984, and so much of the film was so real, and so incredibly well-rendered -- the acting, the characters, the Indian locales, the US Indian experience.
I highly recommend the film. It is great cinema - and though not necessary as a comparison - is right up there with the best that Ray has made. Please see this if you want to see a wonderful film, enjoy good film-making, or just want to learn more about India and the Indian immigrant experience.
Great Film, Great Adaptation May 29, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
I thoroughly enjoyed this film, Tabu and Khan give top notch performances as the parents - the film focuses a little bit more on the parents than the book - though its primarily about Gogal, Tabu's performance as the mother steals the show - she has the gravis and dignity to play an age range from 20-45.
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Nair turns a very 'literary' internal book into a beautiful visual narrative.
Though brief the scene at the Taj Mahal is wonderful and one of the best depictions of the place I have seen on film - I've seen it in person - and it felt like i was back there for a moment.
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I have not seen the DVD yet... I hope the DVD release has plenty of extras.
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