The Namesake (2006)
| Release Date | 02 September 2006 |
| US Box Office | $14,000,000 |
| Tagline | Two Worlds. One Journey. |
| Genre | Drama |
| Country | IndiaUSA |
| Filming Locations | Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
| Language | Hindi, English, Bengali, French |
| Sound Mix | Dolby Digital, DTS, SDDS |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Family Drama |
| Mood | Only Human |
| Themes | Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance, Culture Clash, Fathers and Sons, Mothers and Sons, Arranged Marriages, Immigrant Life |
| Tones | Earthy, Warm, Sweet |
| Tags | Defiance, Dissent, Heritage, Nonconformity, Rebel |
The Namesake is a 2006 film which was released in the United States on March 9, 2007, following screenings at film festivals in Toronto and New York City. It was directed by Mira Nair and is based upon the novel of the same name by Jhumpa Lahiri, who appeared in the movie. Sooni Taraporevala adapted the novel to a screenplay. The film received positive reviews from American critics.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Sahira Nair
Sonia
Jagannath Guha
Ghosh
Ruma Guha Thakurta
Ashoke's Mother
Sandip Deb
Music Teacher
Sukanya
Rini
Tanushree Shankar
Ashima's Mother
Sabyasachi Chakraborty
Ashima's Father
Tamal Ray Chowdhury
Ashoke's Father
Dhruv Mookerji
Rana
Supriya Choudhury
Ashima's Grandmother
Stuart Rudin
Homeless Man
Heather MacRae
Nurse Patty
Sumitra
Calcutta House Staff
Kanti
Calcutta House Staff
Michael Countryman
Mr. Wilcox
Kousik Bhowal
Dr. Gupta
Soham Chatterjee
Gogol
Gargi Mukherjee
Mira Mashi
Pallavi Shah
Kajol Mashi
Jhumpa Lahiri
Jhumpa Mashi
Noor Lahiri Vourvoulias
Baby Sonia
Justin Rosini
Marc
Dan McCabe
Bart
Bobby Steggert
Jason
B.C. Parikh
Mr. Mazumdar
Sibani Biswas
Mrs. Mazumdar
Lakhan Das
Baul Singer
Kharaj Mukherjee
Chotu
Christie Moreau
Phone Operator
Jo Yang
Ms. Lu
Krishna Dikshit
Funeral Priest
Kartik Das
Boat Man
Gary Cowling
Hotel Manager
Sudipta Bhawmik
Subroto Mesho
Baylen Thomas
Blake
Jeb Brown
Oliver
Jessica Blank
Edith
Mia Yoo
Viola
Benjamin Bauman
Donald
Maximiliano Hernández
Ben
Partha Chatterjee
Reformed Hindoo
Mitali Bhawmik
Singing Voice
Marcus Collins
Graham
Sandi DeGeorge
Moshumi's Friend
Director
Writer
Sooni Taraporevala
Jhumpa Lahiri
Producer
Lydia Dean Pilcher
producer
Lori Keith Douglas
co-producer
Anadil Hossain
line producer: India
Yukie Kito
co-producer
Yasushi Kotani
executive producer
Ronnie Screwvala
executive producer
Zarina Screwvala
co-producer
Taizo Son
executive producer
Dinaz Stafford
associate producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Frederick Elmes
Editor
Allyson C. Johnson
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Casting Director
Cindy Tolan
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Production Designer
Stephanie Carroll
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Art Director
Suttirat Anne Larlarb
Set Decorator
Lydia Marks
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Costume Designer
Arjun Bhasin
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Makeup Department
Norman Bryn
makeup artist
Milton Buras
hair stylist
Rita Dey
hair stylist: India
Anup Kumar Ganguli
makeup artist assistant: India
Nazafarin Gazdar
hair stylist: India
Kelly Gleason
key makeup artist
Shyam Reddy
makeup artist assistant: India
Peggy Schierholz
key hair stylist
Heidi Kulow
makeup artist
Production Manager
Harish Amin
production supervisor: India
Preetam Chowdhury
unit manager: India
Kelley Cribben
post-production supervisor
Lori Keith Douglas
unit production manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Avani Batra
third assistant director
Joyati Bose
assistant director: second unit, India
Kristin Cameron
second assistant director
Michael DeCasper
first assistant director
Dylan Gray
first assistant director: India
Eric Richard Lasko
second second assistant director
Nitya Mehra
second assistant director: India
Akshay Roy
second second assistant director
Jay Jay Odedra
second unit director
Art Department
Ann Marie Auricchio
scenic artist
Russell Barnes
art department coordinator
Tuli Basu
art department coordinator: India
Martin Bernstein
construction coordinator
Brinda
art department trainee: India
Jeff Butcher
property master
Daniela Capistrano
art department intern
Tanmoy Chakraborty
art director: India
Kiran Chandra
art department assistant, prop coordinator: India
Chhotu
set art assistant: India
Nirmal Chandra Das
set dresser: India
Rajendra Kumar Das
assistant art director: India, construction manager: India
Shanti Dass
set art assistant: India
Natalie N. Dorset
first assistant props
Peter K. Dunbar
leadman: Washington DC
Michelle Farrell
scenic artist
Stephen R. Geiger
scenic artist
Caroline Irons
scenic artist
Saurabh Jana
sculptor: India
Sivan Kaplan
art department intern
Bryan Kenneth
art department assistant
Robin Koenig
on-set dresser
Connie Kozaleck
scenic foreman
Bolai Kundu
set art assistant: India
Evan C. Newell
art department intern
Pratap Pradhan
head setman: India
Aparna Raina
set dresser: India
Aarthi Rayapura
art department intern
Jeffrey Rollins
set dresser
Sharmishta Roy
set decorator: India
Sanjay
set art assistant: India
Tapas Sarkar
prop coordinator: India
Will Scheck
greensman
Mark Paul Selemon
greensman
Arnab Sen
art department trainee: India
Stephen Shapiro
carpenter
Sha-Sha Shiau
art department assistant
Amrita Singh
set dresser: India
Greg Sullivan
charge scenic artist
Sushovan
art department trainee: India
Robin Thomas
property master: India
Tublu
set art assistant: India
Jessie Walker
camera scenic artist
Denis Zack
set dresser
Robert Currie
assistant property master
Maus Drechsler
props
Ann Edgeworth
props
Gerard V. Engrassia
set dresser
Deborah Jensen
additional art director
Amrita Mahal
set dresser
Tasayu Tasnaphun
digital artist
Sound Department
Gina Alfano
adr editor
David Boulton
adr engineer
Brian Bowles
dialogue editor
Rachel Chancey
foley editor
Ryan Collison
foley engineer
Keith Culbertson
sound re-recordist
Michael Holmstrom
sound mix engineer
Paul Katz
sound mix engineer
Thomas Kodros
sound engineer: Dolby
Linda Murphy
boom operator
Ed Novick
sound mixer
Dave Paterson
sound re-recording mixer, supervising sound editor
Jay Peck
foley walker
Mary Ellen Porto
dialogue editor
Steve Schwartz
assistant sound editor
Dominick Tavella
sound re-recording mixer
Damian Volpe
sound effects editor
Joe White
utility sound
John Soukup
sound transfer
Doug Winningham
sound effects recordist
Special Effects
Shantanu Paul
special effects coordinator: India
Visual Effects
John Dowdell
2K digital intermediate colorist
Chris Gelles
visual effects executive producer: & Company
David Geoghegan
digital optical compositor
David Isyomin
visual effects supervisor: & Company
Tim Spitzer
DI supervisor
Stunts
Allan Amin
stunt coordinator: India
Camera and Electrical Department
Shankar Asari
sparks: India
Garrett Boehling
dolly grip
Joydeep Bose
camera intern: India
Kathleen Corgan
second assistant camera: India
Mulchand Dedhia
gaffer: India
Samuel G. Friedman
best boy electric
Mara Galus
camera loader
Abbot Genser
still photographer
Ganesh Ghosh
spot boy: India
Kurt Lennig
rigging gaffer
Jonathan Lumley
gaffer
Sukanta Majumdar
cableman: India
Raghu Mandal
spot boy: India
Edgar Martin
dolly grip: "b" camera
Hollis Meminger
second assistant camera
G. Monic Kumar
first assistant camera: "b" camera, India
Milan Moudgill
still photographer: India
Basab Mullik
camera intern: India
Anna Novick
company grip
Jay Jay Odedra
director of photography: second unit
Neil O'Malley
second grip
Douglas Pellegrino
camera operator: "b" camera
Lance E. Phox
rigging best boy
Ram Prasad
camera loader: India
Nitin Rao
Steadicam operator: India
Ganesh Kumar Reddy
first assistant camera: "b" camera, India
Jim Riley
company grip
Dave Rudolph
electrician
Kelly Rutkowski
electrician
Ravi Sanjan
spot boy: India
Gerard Sava
camera operator, Steadicam operator
Chris Silano
first assistant camera
Tim Smythe
key grip
Praveena S.
second assistant camera: "b" camera, India
James Thorne
electrician
James Turner
key rigging grip
Lawzari Vishwakarma
sparks: India
Nawroz Zaria
sparks: India
Gregg De Domenico
additional film loader
Justin Panzanaro
grip
Casting Department
Aditi Bhattacharya
casting trainee: India
Emily Chakraborty
casting trainee: India
Karen E. Etcoff
extras casting
Tess Joseph
casting: India
Ruchi Pugalia
casting trainee: India
Soumitra Saha
casting assistant: India
Matt Schreiber
casting associate
Sohag Sen
casting consultant: India
Nina Srivasatava
extras casting associate
Loveleen Tandan
casting consultant: India
Roody Dorsainvil
casting assistant
Payal Sethi
additional casting
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Megha Barnabas
costume intern
Zakir Hussain
costume dresser: India
Abdul Jabbar
tailor: India
Ellen Mahlke
key costumer
Christina Morales
costume intern
Urmilla Lal Motwani
wardrobe supervisor: India
Hilary Niederer
assistant costume designer
Ravi Pawar
costume assistant: India
M.D. Sanaullah
costume dresser: India
Stev Taylor
wardrobe assistant
Shahnaz Vahanvaty
costume coordinator: India
Deirdre N. Williams
wardrobe supervisor
Editorial Department
Kenny Becker
color timer
Peter Heady
digital intermediate finishing artist
Asal Hejazi
post-production intern
Jean Lane
DI Producer
Lupita Nyong'o
post-production intern
Noëlle Penraat
negative cutter
Francis Power
post-production assistant
Priyadarshini
post-production intern
Nirali Shastri
post-production intern
David A. Smith
assistant editor
Mo Henry
negative cutter
Mike Trinker
digital intermediate editor
Music Department
Ulhas Bapat
musician: santoor
Mitali Bhawmik
musician: singer
Thom Chadly
music score mixer
Reshmin Chowdhury
musician: singer
Linda Cohen
music supervisor
John M. Davis
music editor
Stephen Hussey
conductor
Maya Iwabuchi
orchestra leader
Dilshat Khan
musician: sarangi
Niladri Kumar
musician: sitar
Sara Loewenthal
additional music copyist
Deepak Pandit
musician: violin
Blaire Reinhard
composer: stock music
Rajinder Singh
musician: swarlin
K. Srinivasan
musician: flute
Paul Talkington
conductor: orchestra
Satyajit Talwalkar
musician: tabla
Gary Thomas
orchestral recording engineer
Transportation Department
Terry Adams
driver
Jim Buckman
transportation captain
Robert Buckman
transportation co-captain
Kajol Chakraborty
transportation manager: India
Debit Chanda
picture vehicle coordinator: India
Indranil Chowbhury
transportation coordinator: India
George Collins
driver
Curtis Europe
driver
Billy Featherstone
driver
Kenneth Garrison
driver
Richie Hubka
driver
Jim Kelly
driver
Sean Leahy
driver
Soumya Rakshit
picture vehicle coordinator: India
J.R. Scarlatos
driver
Other Crew
Patrick Andrews
production assistant
Michael Barnes
financial legal services
Puloma Basu
cast production assistant
Ashley Bearden
assistant production coordinator
Sammy Bhattacharya
office production assistant: India
Ami Boghani
assistant: Ms. Nair
Sumit Bothra
manager: Nitin Sawhney, Embargo Management Ltd.
Pinaki Chatterjee
set production assistant: India
Praveen Chowdhury
set production assistant: India
Sara Clarke
production office intern
Victoria S. Cook
legal services: Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz
Chandan Das
location manager: India
Arun Dasgupta
dialect coach: Bengali
Suraj Das
intern: Mirabai Films
Maurice Davis
on-set intern
Yvonne De Cock
instructor: iyengar yoga
Sonia Deepak
on-set intern
Thomas De Napoli
creative executive: cine mosaic production
David Dreishpoon
craft service
John Druzba
location intern
Maureen Duffy
completion guarantor: Film Finances
James Feldman
set production assistant
Jennifer Zolten Freed
post-production accountant
Salil Gandhi
legal services: Frankfurt, Kurnit, Klein & Selz
Pushan Ganguli
set production assistant: India
Priyanka Ghose
production assistant
Sumana Ghosh
translator: Bengali
Nupur Goenka
intern: Mirabel Films
Sandeep Gondalekar
location assistant: India
Indranil Halder
set production assistant: India
Thalia Harithas
on-set intern
Michael Hartel
assistant location manager
Gahan Haskins
location scout
Sean Hogan
production accountant
Shernaz Italia
agra coordinator: India
Eric Kench
location assistant
Saurabh Kikani
production office intern
Elliot Koss
on-set intern
John Larkin
production assistant
David Laurentin
parking assistant
Yana Collins Lehman
post-production accountant
Denzil Linhares
production assistant: Bombay
Peter Madamba
script researcher
Nitin Madan
office production assistant
Taylor Marshall-Green
payroll accountant
Bruno Michels
set production assistant
Naeem Mohaiemen
translator: Bengali
Nadia Mohammad
intern: Mirabel Films
Kellie Morrison
location manager
James Murphy
instructor: yoga
Frank Murray
assistant accountant
Sean Murray
set production assistant
Rakesh Nair
intern: Mirabel Films
George Nannas
chef
Ani Pandit
office production assistant
Ashwini Parulkar
instructor: yoga, India
Nancy A. Pavia
production assistant
Stephen Popernik
location coordinator
Neta Pulvermacher
choreographer
Justin Rosini
location assistant
Ranjeeta Roy
production secretary: India
Ashley Rudden
director of development: cine mosaic
Mary Ann Santos
production office intern
Sunaina Sen
set production assistant: India
Payal Sethi
assistant: Ms. Nair
Probal Sircar
location assistant: India
Yasmine Stafford
production coordinator: India
Himkar Tak
production office intern
José Tejada
parking coordinator
Divya Thakur
titles designer: Design Temple
David Tineo
unit production assistant
Priti Trivedi
on-set intern
Shanti Wesley
on-set intern
Meghan K. Wicker
production coordinator
Derek Wimble
set production assistant
Bill Timoney
adr voice group
Thanks
S.M. Ferozeuddin Alameer
special thanks
Ritwik Ghatak
dedicatee
Nemai Ghosh
special thanks
Mira Gupta
special thanks
Ram Maheshwari
special thanks
Soumitra Majumdar
special thanks
Dayanita Singh
special thanks
Garry Winogrand
special thanks
Production Company
Fox Searchlight Pictures
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Cine Mosaic
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Entertainment Farm (EF)
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Mirabai Films
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UTV Motion Pictures
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Distributor
20th Century Fox Netherlands
20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox of Germany
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Fox-Warner
20th Century Fox de Argentina
FS Film Oy
Gativideo
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Special Effects
& Company
Miscellaneous
Angel Studios
orchestra recorded at
Camera Service Center
camera: grip and lighting equipment
Charu Travels
transportation: India
Chowdhury's Guest House
accommodations: India
DeLuxe Laboratories
color
Design Temple
titles and graphics design
Du Art Film and Video
dailies telecine
Eastman Kodak
film provided by
Embargo Management
management: Nitin Sawhney
Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
legal services
Goldcrest Post Production New York
color correction, on-line editing
Killer Tracks
additional source music
Lightnin' Production Rentals
transportation equipment
Panchu Travels
transportation: India
Philharmonia Orchestra, The
orchestra
Prasad Film Laboratories P. Ltd.
dailies processing
Premiere Catering
catering
Rounder Records
soundtrack
Sony Music Studios
music mixed at
Sound One Corporation
sound facility
Taj Group
accommodations: India
Trevanna Post
post-production accounting
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