The Namesake on DVD November 27th

An enduring story of love, courage and the struggles faced by American immigrants, The Namesake debuts on DVD November 27th from Fox Home Entertainment. In her most personal film to date, acclaimed director Mira Nair (Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair) brings to screen a sophisticated and touching masterpiece based on the novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri. The Namesake follows two generations of the Ganguli family as they immigrate to the U.S. from India to experience a world of limitless opportunities, only to be challenged to find the links between the world they left behind and the new world that lies in front of them. Kal Penn as Gogol (National Lampoon’s Van Wilder, Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle) delivers a sharp and dedicated performance as confused and vulnerable young Indian-American.

 

His non-American, yet non-Indian name finds him estranged from his heritage in the midst of American culture; and he learns to tread a razor-thin line between his Bengali roots and his American birthright as he tries in vain to convince his parents – played award winning Bollywood star Irrfan Khan (Salaam Bombay!, Maqbool) and Tabu (Maachis, Chandni Bar) – to support his desire to change his name to Nikhil. Genuinely believing there could be no name more fitting for their son, they must find a way to remain faithful to their cultural traditions while coming to terms with their son’s Western outlook resulting in both comical and revelatory consequences. “A glory on a huge colorful canvas. Strikingly original, heartfelt, superbly acted and profoundly satisfying” (Joe Morgenstern, The Wall Street Journal), The Namesake recognizes the beauty inside families and a mixture of inner and external pressures of two very different ways of life crashing into each other only to become lovingly intertwined.