The Namesake

A couple coming to terms with living in a new culture discover their troubles are compounded by their son in this drama from filmmaker Mira Nair. Ashoke (Irfan Khan) and Ashima (Tabu) are a young couple who are brought together in an arranged marriage and soon leave Calcutta to seek their fortune in ...more

Gifted Indian filmmaker Mira Nair shifts focus to a subject that should interest Americans of Indian descent -- and, in truth, any immigrant eager to maintain his or her ethnic roots. Nair's The Namesake follows an Indian national (Irfan Khan) and his arranged bride (Tabu) during their first fledgling months in snowy New York, eventually transitioning into the story of their adult son (Kal Penn) coming to grips with his unusual first name. However, this one-sentence synopsis hints at why The ...more