The Namesake is a movie directed by Mira Nair in 2006 and based on the book of the same name by Jhumpa Lahiri, first published in 2003. The movie features Kal Penn, Tabu, Irrfan Khan, Jacinda Barrett, Zuleikha Robinson, Glenne Headly, and others.
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Year
2006
Minutes
122
Movie Rate
7.50
Source: IMDb
Year
2003
Pages
291
Book Rate
7.98
S: Goodreads
Book
The Namesake
Author: Jhumpa Lahiri
Country: India
First published in: 2003
Length: 291 pages
Genre: Fiction
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“The movie is better than the book”
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“Turning one's novel into a movie script is rather like making a series of sketches for a painting that has long ago been finished and framed.”
VLADIMIR NABOKOV (Wrirter)
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