The Namesake poster

The Namesake Cast & Characters

The Namesake (2007) stars Kal Penn as Gogol / Nikhil, Irrfan Khan as Ashoke Ganguli and Tabu as Ashima Ganguli. The drama movie was released April 6, 2007. Below is the full cast and crew.

PG-13 2007 · 2h 2m 68 Audience

Available on Prime Video

The Namesake- Trailer #1

The Namesake- Trailer #1

Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Mira Nair

Screenplay

Sooni Taraporevala

Based on

Jhumpa Lahiri

Producers

Zarina Screwvala , Dinaz Stafford , Yasushi Kotani , Yukie Kito , Mira Nair , Ronnie Screwvala , Lydia Dean Pilcher , Lori Keith Douglas , Anadil Hossain , Taizo Son

Music

Nitin Sawhney

Cinematography

Frederick Elmes

Editor

Allyson C. Johnson

Full cast

41 cast members

Jacinda Barrett

Maxine Ratliffe

Zuleikha Robinson

Moushumi Mazoomdar

Ruma Guha Thakurta

Ashoke's Mother

Sabyasachi Chakraborty

Ashima's Father

Supriya Choudhury

Ashima's Grandmother

Jhumpa Lahiri

Jhumpa Mashi

Kharaj Mukherjee

Michael Countryman

Tanusree Shankar

Ashima's Mother

Tamal Ray Chowdhury

Ashoke's Father

Baylen Thomas

Blake

Benjamin Bauman

Sebastian Roché

Maximiliano Hernández

Jhumpa Lahiri

Baby Sonia

Sibani Biswas

Mrs. Mazumdar

Lakhan Das

Baul Singer

Sukanya Chakraborty

Rini

Crew by department

16 crew members

Directing

Frederick Elmes

Director of Photography

Writing

Jhumpa Lahiri

Novel

Sooni Taraporevala

Production

Lori Keith Douglas

Lydia Dean Pilcher

Ronnie Screwvala

Zarina Screwvala

Executive Producer

Editing

Allyson C. Johnson

Music

Original Music Composer