Wednesday, December 15, 2010

#havejustwatchedONtv - "The Namesake" Starring : Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Kal Penn, Zuleikha Robinson.

HqBwFilms | May 30, 2010 | likes, 0 dislikes
Starring : Irrfan Khan, Tabu, Kal Penn, Zuleikha Robinson.
The Namesake is a 2006 film which was released in the United States on March 9, 2007, following screenings at film festivals in Toronto and New York City. It was directed by Mira Nair and is based upon the novel of the same name by Jhumpa Lahiri, who appeared in the movie. Sooni Taraporevala adapted the novel to a screenplay. The film received positive reviews from American critics.
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The Namesake depicts the struggles of Ashoke and Ashima Ganguli (Irrfan Khan and Tabu), two first-generation immigrants from West Bengal, India to the United States, and their American-born children Gogol (Kal Penn) and Sonia (Sahira Nair). The film takes place primarily in Kolkata, India; New York City; and various New York state suburbs.

The story begins as Ashoke and Ashima leave Calcutta and settle in New York City. Through a series of miscues, their son's nickname, Gogol (named after Russian author Nikolai Gogol), becomes his official birth name, an event which will shape many aspects of his life. The film chronicles Gogol's cross-cultural experiences and his exploration of his Indian heritage, as the story shifts between the United States and India. Gogol eventually meets and falls in love with two women, Maxine (Jacinda Barrett) and Moushumi (Zuleikha Robinson), while his parents struggle to understand his modern, American perspectives on dating, marriage and love.

As much as Gogol/Nikhil's experiences, the film tenderly describes the courtship and marriage of Ashima and Ashoke, and the effect of Ashoke's early death of a massive heart attack. Ashima's decision to move on with her life, selling the suburban family home and returning to Calcutta, unifies and ends the film.

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The Namesake: A Novel




Russian Author Nikolai Gogol

Тезка это в 2006 году фильм, который был выпущен в США 9 марта 2007 года, после показов на фестивалях в Торонто и Нью-Йорке. Оно было направлено на Миры Наир и основан на романе одноименной Jhumpa Лахири, который появился в фильме. Sooni Taraporevala адаптировать роман сценарий. Фильм получил положительные отзывы от американских критиков. 
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Тезка изображает борьбу Ashoke и Ашиму Гангули (Irrfan Хан и Табу), два первого поколения иммигрантов из Западной Бенгалии, Индия, чтобы Соединенные Штаты и их родившиеся дети Гоголя (Кал Пенн) и Соня (Sahira Nair). Действие фильма разворачивается в основном в Калькутте, Индия, Нью-Йорком, а также различные пригороде штата Нью-Йорк. 

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Эта история начинается как Ashoke и Ашиму Написать в Калькутте и поселиться в Нью-Йорке. Благодаря серии miscues, прозвище своего сына, Гоголя (названный в честь русского писателя Н. В. Гоголя), становится его официальное название рождения, события, которые будут определять многие аспекты его жизни. Фильм Хроники Гоголя кросс-культурного опыта и его изучение своего индийского наследия, как история сдвигов между Соединенными Штатами и Индией. Гоголь в конце концов встречается и влюбляется в двух женщин, Максин (Джасинда Barrett) и Moushumi (Зулейха Робинсон), а его родителям трудно понять его современным, американские перспективы на знакомства, брак и любовь. 

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Как много, как Гоголь / опытом Nikhil 'S, фильм нежно описывает ухаживание и брак Ашиму и Ashoke, и эффект ранней смерти Ashoke о обширного инфаркта. Решение Ашиму по переходу на ее жизнь, продавая пригородном доме семьи и возвращение в Калькутту, объединяет и заканчивается фильм.

1 comment:

john n said...

I enjoyed the film but to be honest found it a bit depressing. I can accept that it deserved the positive reviews from American critics and the photography was very good.

I found it a bit disjointed at the start after the train crash.

It did illustrate that the Bengali arranged marraiges did work between Ashoki and Ashimi, but the second generation appeared to have relationship problems. Caused by living in the USA?

Googol should really have married Max (Maxine) in my opionion, but then without his relationship with Moushumi there would have been less of a story - she was a bitch and showed that the first generation morals had degenerated in the second generation with her affair with the Frenchman Pierre. The society that she was brought up in?

Well worth watching, but do not know if I would have it in my DVD Collection