The Namesake - With You

Posted on: February 15, 2007 | Views: 87 | Comment

The Ganguli family returns to India and spend a day at the Taj Mahal. After seeing the building, Gogol decides that he is going to study architecture.

The Namesake is the story of the Ganguli family whose move from Calcutta to New York evokes a lifelong balancing act to meld to a new world without forgetting the old. Though parents Ashoke and Ashima (Irfan Khan, Tabu) long for the family and culture that enveloped them in India, they take great pride in the opportunities their sacrifices have afforded their children. Paradoxically, their son Gogol (Kal Penn) is torn between finding his own unique identity without losing his heritage. Even Gogol's name represents the family's journey into the unknown.