The Namesake

Two Worlds. One Journey.

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.

Drama

Kal Penn

(Gogol / Nikhil)

Irrfan Khan

(Ashoke Ganguli)

Tabu

(Ashima Ganguli)

Jacinda Barrett

(Maxine Ratliffe)

Zuleikha Robinson

(Moushumi Mazoomdar)

Ruma Guha Thakurta

(Ashoke's Mother)

Sabyasachi Chakraborty

(Ashima's Father)

Sahira Nair

(Sonali Ganguli)

Supriya Choudhury

(Ashima's Grandmother)

Jhumpa Lahiri

(Jhumpa Mashi)

Kharaj Mukherjee

(Chhotoo)

Glenne Headly

(Lydia)

Brooke Smith

(Sally)

Jagannath Guha

(Ghosh)

Heather MacRae

(Nurse Petty)

Michael Countryman

(Mr. Wilcox)

Sukanya

(Rini)

Rupak Ginn

(Uncle)

Linus Roache

(Mr. Lawson)

Josh Grisetti

(Jerry)

Dan McCabe

(Bart)

Bobby Steggert

(Jason)

Tanusree Shankar

(Ashima's Mother)

Tamal Ray Chowdhury

(Ashoke's Father)

Stuart Rudin

(Homeless Man)

Amy Wright

(Pam)

Jo Yang

(Ms. Lu)

Gary Cowling

(Hotel Manager)

Gretchen Egolf

(Astrid)

Baylen Thomas

(Blake)

Jeb Brown

(Oliver)

Jessica Blank

(Edith)

Benjamin Bauman

(Donald)

Sebastian Roché

(Pierre)

Maximiliano Hernández

(Ben)

Sandip Deb

(Music Teacher)

Dhruv Mookerji

(Rana)

Kousik Bhowal

(Dr. Gupta)

Rupak Ginn

(Mira Mashi)

Pallavi Shah

(Kajol Mashi)

Jhumpa Lahiri

(Baby Sonia)

BC Parikh

(Mr. Mazumdar)

Sibani Biswas

(Mrs. Mazumdar)

Lakhan Das

(Baul Singer)

Glenne Headly

(Funeral Priest)

Kartik Das

(Boatman)