The Namesake (2006) Cast & Crew
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Directed by Mira Nair.
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
- 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
Crew
- Mira Nair — Director
- Lydia Dean Pilcher — Producer
- Lori Keith Douglas — Producer
- Ronnie Screwvala — Producer
- Jhumpa Lahiri — Novel
- Yukie Kito — Producer
- 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
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