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New York City | Based On Novel Or Book
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Best Woman Director | 2007 | Mira Nair
International Competition | 2007 | Mira Nair
Best Feature | 2007 | Lydia Dean Pilcher
Best Supporting Male | 2008 | Irrfan Khan
Best Feature Film Casting Drama | 2007 | Cindy Tolan
Budget 12,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 20,354,321 USD
Tabu admitted that in all the years she had lived in India, she had never seen the Taj Mahal. The scene in the movie where the family goes to see the Taj Mahal was her first time seeing famous tomb.
Mira Nair originally wanted Abhishek Bachchan to play the part of Gogol, but changed her mind as she wanted someone who looks like he is raised in the US, so she cast Kal Penn as he was very keen to do the role, and also because Mira Nair's son wanted Kal Penn to do the role.
Many of the "New York" interiors, such as the disco, Moushimi's apartment, the honeymoon suite, etc., were actually filmed in Calcutta to save costs.
In the ending credits of the movie Kal Penn is listed twice. He is credited as Kal Penn playing Gogol and Kalpen Modi playing Nikhil.
The Lupita Nyong'o who is credited as a post-production intern in the Editorial Department is the same person who went on to become an Academy-Award-winning actress in such movies as 12 Years a Slave, Black Panther, Us, and the Star Wars series. Nyong'o would later star in Queen of Katwe, which Mira Nair also directed. The year before interning on The Namesake, she had also served as a production runner on the Kenya set of "The Constant Gardener."
"Ashoke Ganguli: The camera! It is in the car. All this and no picture, huh? We just have to remember it then. Huh? Will you remember this day, Gogol? Gogol: How long do you I to remember it? Ashoke Ganguli: [laughing] Ah, remember it always. Remember that you and I made the journey and went together to a place where there was nowhere left to go."
"Man: Pack a pillow and a blanket. See the world. You will never regret it. Ashoke Ganguli: My grandfather always says that is what books are for. To travel without moving an inch."
