This is for smaller movies, ones that might have slipped past most people's attention. This week, the Holiday Gift guide discusses movies as its theme, but not just any movie can get on this list. PG-13 for sexuality/nudity, a scene of drug use, some disturbing images and brief language. November 27th, 2007 by Fox Home Entertainment, released as Namesake, The March 9th, 2007 (Limited) by Fox Searchlight See the Box Office tab (Domestic) and International tab (International and Worldwide) for more Cumulative Box Office Records. But mostly, to know where we come from and the people who have made us who we are, because you just never know when it's not going to be that way.All Time Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,501-4,600)Īll Time International Box Office (Rank 5,301-5,400)Īll Time Worldwide Box Office (Rank 5,101-5,200)Īll Time Domestic Highest Grossing Limited Release Movies (Rank 101-200) "We have to feel each moment so fully, and we have to be aware of where we come from in order to know where we're going.
In the living of life, we forget what really matters. When asked what feeling she hoped audiences would come away with after seeing the movie, Nair pauses for a moment, in thought, and then confidently responds: "I would love audiences to feel mindful of their lives. "People were just barely laughing and then audibly sobbing." "This film is full of moments like that, happy moments but also moments of the abject unpredictability of life."Īt its premiere in early March, Nair noticed varied emotional responses to her film. "What I wanted to create in 'The Namesake' was this rhythm between laughter and sorrow," says Nair. We've all negotiated what it is to feel like an outsider entering something but also what it is to be a child and hopefully a parent," Nair says.Īs we see Gogol through the years, he encounters people and events that force him to view his past and his family through different eyes sometimes in joy - such as when he sees the Taj Mahal for the first time - and at times in heart-wrenching scenes of revelation, such as when he learns the poignant story behind his unusual name.
But millions of us come from another place. "At its core, this is a film about parents and children and how we negotiate that, made complicated by the fact that these parents come from another place. The story then shifts to the story of their American-born son, Gogol, played by Indian-American actor Kal Penn (most famous for his role as a marijuana-smoking suburban thrill-seeker in "Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle"), who through the years becomes increasingly confused by and even disdainful toward his parents and his dual upbringing - Indian and American - desperately seeking to be accepted in the country he calls home. We watch as the couple, and Ashima in particular, adjust to a new life in an unfamiliar place, where the weather is bone-chillingly cold and where a precious resource like gas is available 24 hours a day in their stove. "The Namesake" tells the story of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguly (played by distinguished Indian film actors Irrfan Khan and Tabu), a Bengali couple who move from their home in Kolkata to follow Ashoke's career to New York City. So, the audience understands what it's like to live between worlds," Nair said. "You feel like Ashima, when she's looking through her window at the Queensboro Bridge, and it actually takes her to the Howrah Bridge of Calcutta. Shooting for 6½ weeks in New York and two weeks in Kolkata and Agra, India, "The Namesake" frequently floats between these two ostensibly different yet innately similar cities and worlds. "The state of the immigrant is one in which you live between worlds," explains Nair.
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