The Namesake, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Entertainment Farm, UTV Motion Pictures present ; a Mirabai Films & Cine Mosaic production ; produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher, Mira Nair ; screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala ; directed by Mira Nair
Type
Label
The Namesake, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Entertainment Farm, UTV Motion Pictures present ; a Mirabai Films & Cine Mosaic production ; produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher, Mira Nair ; screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala ; directed by Mira Nair
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13, for sexuality/nudity, a scene of drug use, some disturbing images and brief language
Main title
The Namesake
Oclc number
182540467
Responsibility statement
Fox Searchlight Pictures, Entertainment Farm, UTV Motion Pictures present ; a Mirabai Films & Cine Mosaic production ; produced by Lydia Dean Pilcher, Mira Nair ; screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala ; directed by Mira Nair
Runtime
122
Summary
The American-born son of Indian immigrants feels pulled between his ethnic heritage and his desire to assimilate, especially after becoming involved with two very different women
Table Of Contents
Special features: Widescreen version -- Audio commentary by director Mira Nair -- "The anatomy of The Namesake: A class at Columbia University's Graduate Film School" -- Fox Movie Channel presents "In Character" with Kal Penn -- "Kolkata love poem" featurette -- "Photography as inspiration" featurette -- Deleted scenes -- Language: English 5.1 Dolby surround ; Spanish Dolby surround -- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
Technique
live action
Contributor
- Entertainment Farm (Firm)
- Cine Mosaic (Firm)
- Lahiri, Jhumpa
- Elmes, Frederick.
- Barrett, Jacinda.
- Tabu, 1970 November 4-
- Taraporevala, Sooni, 1957-
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Khan, Irrfan, 1967-2020
- Sawhney, Nitin, 1964-
- Johnson, Allyson C., 1959-
- Robinson, Zuleikha, 1977-
- Penn, Kal, 1977-
- UTV Motion Pictures (India)
- Pilcher, Lydia Dean.
- Mirabai Films (Firm)
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Nair, Mira.
Genre
Subject
- Features
- Domestic fiction
- Melodrama -- Feature
- Melodrama -- Videorecordings
- Motion pictures, Indian
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- East Indians -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Melodrama
- Families -- Drama
- Feature films
- East Indians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Fiction films
- Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- East Indian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
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- Entertainment Farm (Firm)
- Cine Mosaic (Firm)
- Lahiri, Jhumpa
- Elmes, Frederick.
- Barrett, Jacinda.
- Tabu, 1970 November 4-
- Taraporevala, Sooni, 1957-
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Khan, Irrfan, 1967-2020
- Sawhney, Nitin, 1964-
- Johnson, Allyson C., 1959-
- Robinson, Zuleikha, 1977-
- Penn, Kal, 1977-
- UTV Motion Pictures (India)
- Pilcher, Lydia Dean.
- Mirabai Films (Firm)
- Fox Searchlight Pictures
- Nair, Mira.
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- Features
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- Melodrama -- Feature
- Melodrama -- Videorecordings
- Motion pictures, Indian
- Man-woman relationships -- Drama
- East Indians -- Drama
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Melodrama
- Families -- Drama
- Feature films
- East Indians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Films for the hearing impaired
- Fiction films
- Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- East Indian Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
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