The Namesake Comments

  • Rosella 2022-09-06 09:44:32

    On the persistence and abandonment of immigrant families under cultural...

  • Emmanuel 2022-08-10 22:57:18

    Watching the movie, you can feel how good the original novel will be. The subtle and sadness is endowed by the temperament of the novel itself. Lahiri wrote for herself and also for those immigrants who have the same experience as her. The life and death of an Indian family's wedding and funeral is also a life. The actor Tabu Meiyan and Lahiri who play the mother seem to be (the writer himself is also a big beauty), and the acting skills are even more amazing. The momentary short-circuit in the...

  • Amy 2022-08-10 22:41:41

    Not everything in the US is...

  • Sophie 2022-08-10 22:26:52

    Every immigrant should...

  • Scotty 2022-08-10 20:43:45

    Indian emotions are so...

  • Timothy 2022-08-10 20:19:36

    The film is extremely smooth and beautiful like poetry. Adding Indian music is incredible. I really misunderstood traditional Indian music and was fooled by musicals. Slow down the singing to reach people's hearts, thinking it was a word from God. I saw the shadow of my parents from Gogol’s parents. Love cannot be expressed in words. We face the generation gap with our parents with indifference. They are helpless and we don’t want to make progress. I don't know how to say it, anyway, this is...

Extended Reading
  • Braden 2022-08-10 16:34:02

    Five reasons to like "The Same Celebrity"

    Director: Mira Nair, like her "Strangers in Lahore Tea House" and "Desire and Wisdom". I have only watched these two, and her other works will be included in the list. No new Indian movies. Find it out~

    Location: Howrah Bridge, Howrah Railway Station, Kolkata Old Town, Ganges River, Taj...

  • Jedidiah 2022-08-10 16:35:27

    Can not go back

    There is a very important sentence in the film, which is a sentence in Gogol's novel, that is, everyone is in their own case. As a second-generation immigrant, Gogol himself, like other American youths, is relaxed, without any sense of history or ethnicity. However, due to family changes and his...

The Namesake quotes

  • Ashoke Ganguli: There is something I always wanted to ask you, but never had the courage. All those years ago, why did you say yes to me?

    Ashima A. Ganguli: You were the best of the lot.

    Ashoke Ganguli: Huh?

    Ashima A. Ganguli: Better than the widower with four children or the cartoonist with one arm. I also liked your shoes.

    Ashoke Ganguli: Oh. Oh, okay.

    Ashima A. Ganguli: Hmm, you want me to say "I love you," like the Americans.

  • Gogol Ganguli: Who's Pierre?

    [silence]

    Gogol Ganguli: Are you having an affair?

    [more silence]

    Moushumi Mazumdar: Maybe it's not enough that we are both Bengali.

    Gogol Ganguli: That's not why I love you.